You've obviously never been groped and you are obviously not a woman. I'm not saying this is something legit but women are vulnerable to stuff like this. If someone did that to me, he'd be minus a limb or worse.
They always have females search females.
I take some, a little, ofense at your statement, "...women are vulnerable to stuff like this."
As a 12 y.o. who delivered papers, I held up buy a grown man with a knife at my drop box. I was scared stiff. I spent the next 3 months I picked up my papers from the drop box, rain or shine, school nights or not, as soon as the papers were dropped off. Usually this happened at about 2 a.m..
I delivered those papers, hiding behind the drop bpx, trees, cars, laying in deep grass, whenever a car would approach. I carried a knife on my ankle, a billy club across my handlebars, and even screwed a long steel rod down the center of my club for added effect.
I guarantee you that I was at least as terrified and on a daily basis, as that flight attendent is/was.
The difference is, I was 12 years old, didn't need the money to pay my bills, I was alone, and on the dark streets as a child, and I WENT TO WORK ANYWAY.
It's got nothing to do with male or female. It has to do with someone who is failing to recover emotionally.
I respectfully submit that she needs to proveto herself that she's not a victim and get her ass to work.
The problem is that you are automatically a criminal. If you do anything to protect yourself you'll find yourself in federal prison. From the below article, their attitude is "Once you cross that line, I can do whatever I want."
Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller) was groped a few years ago, I like how he handled it.