Finally...

Non-invasive scans for airports might be coming! 

http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/14/7762175-naked-scanners-may-soon-be-on-the-way-out

Several stories about abuse of the "naked-scan" system have come out.  Did you read about the one with the employee jacking-off as a girls basketball team went through the scanner?  Yes, gross.  Thankfully, non-naked scanning interfaces might be coming out.  The implementation of which is a little late, but will help reduce some discomfort of passengers.  There is still the issue of radiation received, but if you find one article saying how bad it is then you can find another article saying that the dose is low enough not to matter.  Frankly, if you're  not a frequent flier then one scan or two probably won't hurt most of the population and you get the bonus of not getting felt-up.  if you do travel frequently by plan and have the possibility of a lot of contact with  the scanners, then you might just have to pick the "hands on" option.  Not exactly a "win", but getting better.