Women’s direct airport surveillance happened mainly when accompanied by Muslim men

Evidence

There were a few cases where Muslim women mentioned facing this type of surveillance, but it was always when they were traveling with a Muslim man. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 182

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• XREF: Directly relevant to the reader’s men-vs-women guiding question and the gender axis of the surveillance map.

Related

• Surveillance of men can sweep their female relatives into interrogation (similarity 0.91)
• Gender predicts distinct surveillance types for Muslim Americans in airports. (similarity 0.89)
• Spouses are surveilled together even though gender shapes typical airport surveillance types (similarity 0.89)
• Airport watchlist scrutiny falls primarily on Muslim men rather than women (similarity 0.88)
• Gendered surveillance watches women for cultural transgression and men for terror. (similarity 0.86)
• Muslim women travelers were rarely put on watchlists compared to men (similarity 0.85)
• Private-citizen surveillance of Muslims is gendered in its forms and justifications. (similarity 0.83)
• Citizen surveillance targets hijab-wearing women publicly but men privately as suspected terrorists (similarity 0.83)
• Muslim women resist while Muslim men avoid under surveillance (similarity 0.82)
• Muslim women are surveilled for cultural transgression while men are watched for terror potential (similarity 0.82)
• Airport surveillance differentially targets men via lists and hijab-wearing women via physical searches (similarity 0.82)
• Government watchlists target Muslim men for extra airport security (similarity 0.81)
• Surveillance operates differently on Muslim men and women through distinct mechanisms (similarity 0.80)
• Iranian American men face heavier travel-related body surveillance than women. (similarity 0.80)
• FBI surveillance of Muslim Americans falls disproportionately on men. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Spouses are surveilled together even though gender shapes typical airport surveillance types #expands (0.70) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 206