# Gays on Patdowns **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 25, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-on-patdowns/561912 "2010-11-25T19:23:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-on-patdowns/561912/1 "2010-11-25T19:23:32Z")
I’d like to know how the gay community feels about enhanced patdowns, and if they are worried about woodies springing up. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-on-patdowns/561912/2 "2010-11-25T19:24:55Z")
I don’t worry about getting an erection out of it. I don’t like having strangers touch me. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-on-patdowns/561912/3 "2010-11-25T19:28:56Z")
Bisexual, and popping a Viagra when I hit the airport. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-on-patdowns/561912/4 "2010-11-25T20:09:24Z")
I would feel somewhat uncomfortable if a really hot female TSA patted me down, not aroused. I’d imagine most gay people don’t think of it as a sexual thing anymore than they think of doctor visits as arousing. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-on-patdowns/561912/5 "2010-11-25T20:16:59Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > I would feel somewhat uncomfortable if a really hot female TSA patted me down, not aroused. I’d imagine most gay people don’t think of it as a sexual thing anymore than they think of doctor visits as arousing. True. My doctor started doing prostate checks on me this year (I’m 35) and there was absolutely nothing sexual about it. At best it was uncomfortable and a little awkward. ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-on-patdowns/561912/6 "2010-11-25T21:11:30Z")
> [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#): > > I’d like to know how the gay community feels about enhanced patdowns, and if they are worried about woodies springing up. Why would that be a concern? As others have pointed out, it’s no more an arousing sexual experience than a visit to the doctor. Even less so – the doctor makes me take my pants off. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-on-patdowns/561912/7 "2010-11-25T21:13:24Z")
> [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#): > > I’d like to know how the gay community feels about enhanced patdowns, and if they are worried about woodies springing up. I would think that straight guys would be much more worried about sporting a boner during a pat down from a guy… just sayin’… 😉 But yeah- it doesn’t appear to be a sexual thing. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-on-patdowns/561912/8 "2010-11-25T21:17:31Z")
Gay men learn how NOT to have erections in 7th grade gym class. And even _[the Family Circus](http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/248/familycircus0346.jpg)_ has covered this topic ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-on-patdowns/561912/9 "2010-11-25T21:22:20Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > Gay men learn how NOT to have erections in 7th grade gym class. “Dead kittens and the time I saw Grandma naked/dead kittens and the time I saw Grandma naked/dead kittens and… okay, it’s gone.” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-on-patdowns/561912/10 "2010-11-25T21:27:59Z")
Maybe some company will offer “Happy Ending Pat Downs” with a selection of “patters” in thongs for First Class passengers or frequent fliers. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-on-patdowns/561912/11 "2010-11-25T22:29:18Z")
Then there is the other side of the coin as well. What would it be like as a TSA agent suddenly coming into contact with an erection ? Would you have to pinch it to make sure it wasn’t a vacuum packed condom of PETN ? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-on-patdowns/561912/12 "2010-11-26T09:39:56Z")
Well, I never asked the TSA-or-like agent who grabbed my ass years ago during a patdown whether she was a lesbian, but she certainly seemed to enjoy the opportunity to grab some ass; no woodies for us, though. Should I have asked about her orientation? ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de0a6/32.png) [@Electric\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-on-patdowns/561912/13 "2010-11-26T09:57:45Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > I don’t worry about getting an erection out of it. I don’t like having strangers touch me. Bisexual here, and same. They’d have to at least buy me a drink first. ---
**Author:** ![ColdPhoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@ColdPhoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdPhoenix)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-on-patdowns/561912/14 "2010-11-26T11:03:40Z")
I once had an extremely attractive nurse hold my penis. Before it happened I was thinking “Great!!.. But I hope I don’t get excited…”. When I actually got the lad out and she took it, I was surprised that I didn’t find it sexy or arousing. He actually shrank a little, which was embarrassing. :o In summary, I don’t think they’ll have a problem with the patdowns.