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nope... which is why I'd choose the scanner. Problem solved.
Not everybody has such a choice. People with prothesis, ostomy bags, and other medical conditions have been scanned, then subjected to an invasive patdown when the scanners saw these devices. Surely by now everyone has heard of the cancer survivers who've had to remove their prosthetic breasts, the poor man who had his ostomy bag ruptured and had to fly in urine-soaked clothes, and the mensuating woman whose panty liners set off the scanner, forcing her to remove her sanitary pad and show it to a TSA official.
Don't forget, these initial patdowns are done in front of other passengers, who are able to watch you being groped. The more intimate measures, like yanking out a prosthetic breast or examining ostomy bags are done in "private"... with only 2 or 3 strangers watching.
Not too many men would enjoy having their testicles and penis squeezed in public. I think these TSA invasive procedures need to be toned down considerably, and TSA needs to re-evaluate the interaction of their agents with the traveling public. Too damned many of these low-paid TSA agents are thugs and bullies who seem to enjoy making the experience as humiliating and degrading as possible.