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Related: About this forumTSA Officer Accused of Shaming Teen for Wearing Leggings.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is investigating a report that one of its officers allegedly humiliated a 15-year-old girl wearing leggings, a tank top, and a button-down, telling her she should cover up as she went through an ID-check line in the Los Angeles Airport Sunday.
She said the officer was glaring at her and mumbling. She said, Excuse me? and he said, You're only 15, cover yourself! in a hostile tone, the girl's father, Mark Frauenfelder, told Yahoo! Shine, echoing what he had written in a Boing Boing blog post describing the incident. It shook her up," he added.
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This may not seem like a big deal. To Mark its a big deal. To his daughter its a big deal. To us, things like this need to matter, because they inject shame (or try to) in a young woman who is just living her life, going to check out colleges, and throws on the first of what will unfortunately be many layers of sexism she will encounter in her life, Herman wrote. Its like when someone experiences racism for the first time: its going to happen again, but the first time is especially jarring and hurtful.
Herman unleashed more anger on her Facebook page. Absolutely inappropriate, harassing, aggressive, creepy, unprofessional, and Taliban-y thing that he did, she wrote. Cover up is a dangerous cultural attitude that fuels more than rude comments. It's the foundation of the oppression of women, rape culture (she was asking for it), and the drive for reproductive control of women's bodies.
http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/tsa-officer-shames-teen-for-wearing-leggings--dad-s-got-this--192409505.html
TSA agents range from ogling xrays of female passengers, to slut shaming them for what they wear.
ismnotwasm
(42,379 posts)That jerk should be fired
mercuryblues
(14,791 posts)How many other women has he said this to is my question. It just so happens that this time he said it to someone who has the clout to make this an issue.
One_Life_To_Give
(6,036 posts)Wasn't his place to say anything. But I don't disagree with the sentiment. To me it's sort of running around in your underwear.
mercuryblues
(14,791 posts)She was wearing leggings, tank top and oversized flannel shirt. She was covered. It is not her fault they make you take off some of your clothes to pass through security.
ismnotwasm
(42,379 posts)http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018414636
Apparently sold in China to deflect unwanted male attention. Wonder what this TSA person would have to say to these?
mercuryblues
(14,791 posts)if I should laugh or be disheartened that women feel the need to wear these.