I don't fly weekly anymore, but semi-weekly is normal. I guess I've had better luck “opting-out” than others.
With two immediate family members felled by cancer, I'm not taking ANY kind of radiation more often than necessary. If I'm short on time, I go through the scanner. If I have time, I op-out.
Maybe I just have the look of an old business traveler road-dog, but none of my pat downs have been as bad as described here.
Same here, I had a pat down last year and it was nothing. A woman (I am a woman) patted down my clothes. Her touch was so light, I have been touched harder in a crowded elevator.
You are also not trying to write a story about it with an angle already pre-selected.