Many of the inspectors are in your face types and I just don't get the attitude. For the most part - low IQ, low wage, suddenly give great power over people many probably hate (older, successful, white or whaever race they have a beef with, etc.). I even seen younger (and sometimes older) male security screeners take extra time scrutinizing the documents papers of attractive young ladies. Security, (and common sense) it sometimes seems is, secondary.
Power is where the attitude comes from, pure and simple.
Hmmph... I have never been on a commercial airliner in all my years and now I don't intend ever to board one, except for essential business and family reasons. If one wants to pay hundreds of dollars or more to be dominated, hassled, threatened and humiliated, why not just hire the services of a dominatrix? At least it would be more fun that way and they at least accept the idea of a 'safeword'.