Having people forcefully stick their hands in your pants and touch your private parts with no cause, is sexual molestation.
Soon, there will probably be a law in Texas to prosecute the perverts.
My prediction if that happens:
Big Sis and the head of the FAA announce federal lawsuits to overturn the Texas law and get an injunction. If Texas wins in the courts, the FAA threatens to stop manning facilities in Texas and forbidding commercial airlines from operating from Texas to the rest of the US.
I'll wager a case of Bass Ale on it.
That just plain doesn't happen in TSA airport pat-downs. That wasn't what the poster described.
I am a frequent flyer who has a pacemaker, so I routinely get the full TSA pat-down. There just isn't EVER a "hands in your pants" protocol.
The agents painstaking describe every detail of the procedure and are very careful in carrying out the procedure. It's boring as hell.
Just prosecute?
Soon as Texas leaves the Union, I’m moving there.