# Woman sues Delta, claims she was humiliated by public inspection of sex toy **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 27, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sues-delta-claims-she-was-humiliated-by-public-inspection-of-sex-toy/121038 "2002-07-27T00:55:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sues-delta-claims-she-was-humiliated-by-public-inspection-of-sex-toy/121038/41 "2002-07-28T19:24:09Z")
> [@](#): > > “Yes, I have sex!” Followed by quizzical expression, still with big nice open smile “Is that why you’re laughing?” MUST. REMEMBER. THIS. ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sues-delta-claims-she-was-humiliated-by-public-inspection-of-sex-toy/121038/42 "2002-07-28T20:07:11Z")
> [@](#): > > If a policy like this is more likely to affect women than men, the policy has a disparate impact on women. Hey, sex toys for men exist also. Don’t you think a guy would be embarresed if he brought along a realistic looking sex toy vagina, and was subject to a search? ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sues-delta-claims-she-was-humiliated-by-public-inspection-of-sex-toy/121038/43 "2002-07-28T20:29:11Z")
Some men like vibrators, too. And butt-plugs. ---
**Author:** ![NutWrench](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nutwrench/32/20193_2.png) [@NutWrench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutWrench)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sues-delta-claims-she-was-humiliated-by-public-inspection-of-sex-toy/121038/44 "2002-07-29T01:45:03Z")
Or a giant inflateable sheep. Or so I’ve heard . . . ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sues-delta-claims-she-was-humiliated-by-public-inspection-of-sex-toy/121038/45 "2002-07-29T10:55:22Z")
I’m just amazed (NOT scornful) that so many women actually **use** vibrators. I always thought they were one of those appliances, like a bread machine, that many people own but few have used after the intial tryout. (But then there are people who regularly use their bread machines as well…) {{{{{{{{{{{{Anthracite}}}}}}}}}}}} ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sues-delta-claims-she-was-humiliated-by-public-inspection-of-sex-toy/121038/46 "2002-07-29T16:56:08Z")
She found it so humilating in front of her co-passengerson an airplane (whom she’ll never see again), then she turns around and makes herself a NATIONAL NEWS STORY by suing? Interesting. I mean, I didn’t know she liked rocket rides last week. I didn’t even know who she was. But now I do. I, and a million other people. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sues-delta-claims-she-was-humiliated-by-public-inspection-of-sex-toy/121038/47 "2002-07-29T18:14:38Z")
This problem could be avoided if more dildos were shaped like electric toothbrushes. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sues-delta-claims-she-was-humiliated-by-public-inspection-of-sex-toy/121038/48 "2002-07-29T21:02:13Z")
Friend of mine was flying back to the States from Paris. He goes through the metal detector and sets it off, so he empties his pockets. The security guard rummaged through his pockets’ contents and held up a stainless steel circle. “What’s this?” he asked suspiciously. “That’s my cock ring,” my friend said. And that, apparently, was the end of that search. How I would love to have seen that guard’s face as he oh-so-gingerly set the cock ring down and backed away. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![KellyM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@KellyM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyM)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sues-delta-claims-she-was-humiliated-by-public-inspection-of-sex-toy/121038/49 "2002-07-29T21:42:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CrankyAsAnOldMan \* > **She found it so humilating in front of her co-passengerson an airplane (whom she’ll never see again), then she turns around and makes herself a NATIONAL NEWS STORY by suing?** It was her choice to sue. It wasn’t her choice to have her vibrator displayed for all the world to see in a public place, or to have security guards snickering at her for having one in the first place. That makes all the world of a difference to me. ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sues-delta-claims-she-was-humiliated-by-public-inspection-of-sex-toy/121038/50 "2002-07-29T21:43:24Z")
This thread made me think of **Fight Club** too hehe Gotta love those space waitresses 😉 ---
**Author:** ![burundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@burundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burundi)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sues-delta-claims-she-was-humiliated-by-public-inspection-of-sex-toy/121038/51 "2002-07-29T22:39:41Z")
Let’s see, Delta loudly and publicly humiliates a paying customer and she should just take it in stride? Not in my book. ---
**Author:** ![peasea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sues-delta-claims-she-was-humiliated-by-public-inspection-of-sex-toy/121038/52 "2002-07-30T00:11:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by London\_Calling \* > \*\*I guess it’s about her treatment so maybe the question is, should Delta have put an area aside for this kind of personal luggage inspection rather than expose their passengers to ridicule and embarrassment on the tarmac? \*\* That seems to be the lawyer’s point, too. > [@](#): > > Koutsouradis’ lawyer, Brad Tobin, said Delta agents should have questioned her outside of public view. Was that really too much to ask? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sues-delta-claims-she-was-humiliated-by-public-inspection-of-sex-toy/121038/53 "2002-07-30T12:25:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by divemaster \* > \*\*moneymoneymoneymoneymoney > Gimme!Gimme!Gimme! \*\* Great. Now I have ABBA songs running through my head. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sues-delta-claims-she-was-humiliated-by-public-inspection-of-sex-toy/121038/54 "2002-07-30T13:22:49Z")
I have the image of several airport employees doing Dalek impressions on the tarmac. Should action be taken by Delta against their employees? yes. Should she sue? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sues-delta-claims-she-was-humiliated-by-public-inspection-of-sex-toy/121038/55 "2002-07-30T16:55:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*This problem could be avoided if more dildos were shaped like electric toothbrushes. \*\* Apparently men can just use your standard toothbrush. Don’t know about women though. ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sues-delta-claims-she-was-humiliated-by-public-inspection-of-sex-toy/121038/56 "2002-07-30T17:02:23Z")
I don’t see what the problem here is. You know they are going to check your luggage for anything metal or funny looking. So you think twice about things you pack so you won’t have to worry about security. You’d also not pack things that you’d be embarassed if other people saw since there is a GOOD chance that they could go through your luggage. Hell there is this thing called PRIORITY MAIL! You could send your toy ahead of you and it could be sitting at the hotel waiting for you… … If I was embarassed to be seen in public with the underware I choose to wear on a certain day, I’d be DAMN sure to wear pants. I don’t think she should be allowed to sue because she didn’t think about the possible results of packing her sex toy in her luggage. ---
**Author:** ![KellyM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@KellyM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyM)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sues-delta-claims-she-was-humiliated-by-public-inspection-of-sex-toy/121038/57 "2002-07-30T17:57:57Z")
**CRorex** : So just how the hell are you supposed to travel with sex toys, then? I’m sure she thought about the possible results. It’s just that she (reasonably) didn’t consider the possibility that a security screener would put hers on public display, announce its presence for all the world to see, and make degrading comments. Security screeners aren’t entitled to do that, you see, or at least shouldn’t be. ---
**Author:** ![KellyM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@KellyM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyM)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sues-delta-claims-she-was-humiliated-by-public-inspection-of-sex-toy/121038/58 "2002-07-30T18:04:00Z")
**CRorex** : Express-mailing your sex toys ahead of you is a bloody bad idea. First, they might get lost in the mail. Second, it’s illegal to mail “obscene matter”. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sues-delta-claims-she-was-humiliated-by-public-inspection-of-sex-toy/121038/59 "2002-07-30T18:14:29Z")
So in **CRorex’s** world, everyone who flies in these newly (falsely) secure times should have to go to greater lengths and incur additional expense to prevent themselves from being harassed and treated like some sort of public spectacle from clueless, teenaged boy-mentality possessing airling securitybots? In his world, our right to be secure in our persons and our possessions should be obliterated when some airport counter jockeys want to have fun at our expense? I don’t wanna live in **CRorex’s** world. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sues-delta-claims-she-was-humiliated-by-public-inspection-of-sex-toy/121038/60 "2002-07-30T18:16:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\*I’m just amazed (NOT scornful) that so many women actually **use** vibrators. I always thought they were one of those appliances, like a bread machine, that many people own but few have used after the intial tryout. \*\* You have been woefully misinformed. It’s very different. After all, you can live without bread… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sues-delta-claims-she-was-humiliated-by-public-inspection-of-sex-toy/121038.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sues-delta-claims-she-was-humiliated-by-public-inspection-of-sex-toy/121038.md?page=4)