Subs, Bottoms, Or Simply Victims When We Fly?

The situation at airline "security" these days revisits the D/s or S/M metaphor yet again. Of course, I trust that readers recognize the key difference: our participation in the "security-play" is clearly not consensual. Thus, we are subject to Domination or Topping by airport "security," even though we do not wish to play!

That said, however, isn't it an absolutely marvelous abuse of power? They run their scanners and get a free peak at our bodies! Apparently, the outlines of the penis, scrotum, and breasts are quite clearly visible, and I understand that pubic hair may actually be discernible to the trained eye!

I do not object as much to the pictures, even though some of these will, almost inevitably, find their way onto the Internet sooner or later. The real issue is the exposure to radiation, which can be a daunting proposition for one who has already had a melanoma. Sunscreen, alas, won't do us much good.

Of course, we may simply refuse the visual scans. In that case, we are welcome to be groped and fondled instead. The stories abound; the crotches of nuns have been fingered, breasts have been squeezed, and one poor woman who had undergone a mastectomy had that missing breast "examined" most thoroughly.

Are these assaults truly for our "security"? Perhaps. However, I suspect they are also a raw abuse of power, which must stiffen the pricks of various people in positions of authority. This is NOT D/s and it is NOT S/M. It is instead raw sadism on the part of those who seek victims, rather than partners.