If I'm on my period, and they do a full body scan at the airport...

[MrsBrady]

are they gonna think my maxi pad is a bomb?

...just sayin' :hide:

[valerief]

1. Imagine all the women they'll make pull out their tampons, too! Yecch! nt

[MrsBrady]

7. i wouldn't want to be that TSA agent n/t

[Capn Sunshine]

2. This is pretty objectionable and sophomoric

but hey, knock yorself out with dangerous vaginal speculation

[KG]

3. Dangerous Vaginal Speculation

sound like a great name for a girl death metal band!

[Demoiselle]

4. Why does it have to be a GIRL death metal band?

It's a great name any way. (Second time I've laughed aloud at DU today.)

[MrsBrady]

6. ...

:rofl:

[Capn Sunshine]

15. or the best DU user name evah

who's with me?

[MrsBrady]

16. good idea!

:toast:

[Book Lover]

27. +1 !!

[valerief]

5. Yeah, well, Pyro Panties started us down this path. nt

[havocmom]

8. And whither Pyro Panties leadeth, Nitro Knickers shall follow

thus sayeth Violent Vaginal Vigilantes

[valerief]

9. Ha!

:spray:

[MrsBrady]

10. double ha! n/t

[Debi]

14. What?

[MrsBrady]

17. don't tell me TSA is issuing those to employees now?

hey wait....

this could save me on my annual exam cost.

Vaginal screenings combined with homeland security....now there's a way to prevent costs of double testing...

oh man..:banghead:

[volstork]

22. DAMN

you totally beat me to that one ;-)

[undeterred]

11. Just to throw them off, men should start wearing maxi pads.

[ismnotwasm]

12. I was thinking something similar about saline breast implants

I mean, how would they KNOW?

[MrsBrady]

13. that would give a new meaning to

"bombshell"

[SeattleGirl]

19. Lots of women out there might have second thoughts about

flying now.....

[pitohui]

24. but nobody cares because it's overwhelming men in business/first

there have been any number of times when i've been the only woman in the first class or business class cabin

they are not going to cater to the minority, they are going to figure the $$$ doesn't come from us anyway

:-(

our concerns abt body privacy, extra radiation exposure to breast tissue and so on, are not going to be considered important -- we are still, in the real world, pretty much second class citizens with a second class citizen's income earning and spending power -- we might have influence over the grocery store shopping, we're not very interesting as airline ticket purchasers

[MilesColtrane]

18. I've heard the TSA is training a special force of crotch sniffing dogs.

Most dogs are naturals at this.

[Skittles]

20. tampon would look more like a bomb than a pad

just sayin'

[es350_ibm]

21. Hmm, interesting question. I personally have no clue.

[pitohui]

23. the scan i saw showed an OBVIOUS tampon and clear cut details of the person's privates

believe you me, showing your depends is the least of your problems, it will pretty much reveal your entire medical history, any implants, etc.

plus there's a question of how much extra radiation a woman of child bearing years needs to be exposed to, we've already learned that annual mammograms are prob. an unacceptable risk if you're a younger woman...

i don't think digital scanners should be allowed, i believe they should stick to the cheaper, safer technology of patdown plus swabs for explosive residue where necessary or even at random, plus keep the dogs actually sniffing in the airports instead of out giving "public service talks" at elementary schools...

[phasma ex machina]

25. What's next? Boob bomb implants?

[AwakeAtLast]

26. On one episode of CSI, a girl had a microchip in one

At least I think it was CSI. Might have been SVU. Anyway --- I'm guessing it is possible.