spongebue, you're certainly entitled to a pat-down any time you want it, but I'd avise against the Turkish "lady"!!
Not my preference, tho. Maybe you'd object to TSA agent putting your camera down your pants (kinda like the body scan on really personal level?? Sorry, that really was just a point of inane humour, but that's how ridiculous (as Mig and Palms mention so poetically) some of the regs are!! Most of the US agents I've dealt with use the back of their hands but rarely ask to use palms (even in a light pass) Maybe they have well-trained knuckles??
Well, we can have more to laugh about--at least she said I was "OK" after feeling me up--just THE approval a woman dreams about...