By Brittany Cloud

If there is one organization that eludes me in its relevance, it’s the TSA. What purpose does it really serve? The pattern repeats itself in circular fashion: The government sees a threat, then security tightens. It’s never the other way around. This is all for our protection as U.S. Citizens, they say. Terrorism is rampant, and we are vulnerable.

The problem with the TSA is that it creates even more problems that it fails to recognize. The problem is, I don’t feel protected just because the TSA exists to protect me from terrorism. In fact, I feel exploited. I feel targeted based on parameters put in place to merely give me a false “peace of mind.” As someone that loves travel, the recent tightening of TSA regulations has me doubting whether I will fly again while it remains in existence.

As a woman, I especially value the choice to do with my body what I wish. As a libertarian, I respect every other woman’s right to peacefully do whatever she wishes with her body. What I will not accept, however, is the government’s forceful search, or even the threat of forceful search of my body, against my will. As an individualist feminist, the TSA's recent mandate to force full body searches randomly is an insult to females in a most catastrophic form.

It’s not only the increase of full-body scans that presents a problem. The TSA has been problematic for a long time. If you want another person’s account, see here.

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