These storys do seem hyperinflated and all up in your face. Those incidents that do make the news are over the top tabloid type incidents. Frisking half naked young boys, babbys in their carriges, Nuns, urine bladder bursting, good looking women with a TSA agent hands on her breasts. This is the stuff the National Enquire froths at the mouth over. The rest of the media enjoys it as well.
I will agree with Limbaugh here (yes I know your all shocked) in that it is all in an effort to get you to use the scanners as the lesser of two invasive procedures.
About the pecunairy interists in those scanners is another topic but one you may wish to look into to get an idea of the players here. So get out your led foil hats
Anyhow personally I would choose the scanner because I dont really care if my tiny shriveled junk and beer belly are scrutinized. Anyone 'turned on' by such an image really needs to seek help. If I was some supermodel or athlete I would be apprehensive to say the least.
Furthermore I will choose the scanner as I do not fly often. But I do understand those whom fly often holding concerns over repeated exposure. There is a reason the dental technician places a led 'vest' on you and then stands on the other side of a led wall when they take your xrays.
I'm just thinking a little common sense and some 'gasp' profiling would go an awful long ways.
As I said before why inconvience or 'offend' a few when we can inconvience and offend everyone.