Like so many, she is outraged over the TSA's new security measures.
Appearing on Monday's episode of "Lopez Tonight," the reality star compared the invasive pat-downs and X-ray scans to being sexually assaulted.
"They basically are just raping you in public," the 26-year-old Kardashian told comedian George Lopez. "I don't want that X-ray to see everything, honey!"
Unfortunately, the comparison has drawn the ire of groups like the Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center as well as high-profile attorney, Gloria Allred.
Jazmin Robles, a community education coordinator at the center, told RadarOnline.com that Kardashian's comment "was an ill-informed thing for her to say."
"It was a very strong comment to make because rape is defined as 'forceful penetration,'" Robles said. "And a lot of young women look up to celebrities like the Kardashians."
"Maybe Khloe Kardashian is not educated enough on this subject to be talking about it in the context of airport security," she added.
And while Kardashian did say she found the security agents she dealt with to be "aggressive," Allred countered to Radar that "rape is a crime of violence."
"I believe that the word should not be used loosely to describe security measures at airports or at any other place," she said. "I think that many victims of sexual assault who have been the true victims of men who committed that violent crime against them and who have been forced to suffer the physical and emotional harm that results from that crime would be insulted that the term would be used in the way that Ms. Kardashian used it."
Allred added that, "Words matter and the word 'rape' should be used with caution and with great respect for the victims who have been forced to endure it. It is completely inappropriate to use that word for scans or pat-downs at airports."
Jessica M. Cavey, a communications specialist at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, echoed those sentiments.
"We do take exception to the use of the word 'rape' to describe airport security procedures, because that is both unfair to security personnel who have a different purpose for touching people," she said, "and it also minimizes the experience of an actual rape, which is a very severe and traumatic form of violence."
Appearing on Monday's episode of "Lopez Tonight," the reality star compared the invasive pat-downs and X-ray scans to being sexually assaulted.
"They basically are just raping you in public," the 26-year-old Kardashian told comedian George Lopez. "I don't want that X-ray to see everything, honey!"
Unfortunately, the comparison has drawn the ire of groups like the Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center as well as high-profile attorney, Gloria Allred.
Jazmin Robles, a community education coordinator at the center, told RadarOnline.com that Kardashian's comment "was an ill-informed thing for her to say."
"It was a very strong comment to make because rape is defined as 'forceful penetration,'" Robles said. "And a lot of young women look up to celebrities like the Kardashians."
"Maybe Khloe Kardashian is not educated enough on this subject to be talking about it in the context of airport security," she added.
And while Kardashian did say she found the security agents she dealt with to be "aggressive," Allred countered to Radar that "rape is a crime of violence."
"I believe that the word should not be used loosely to describe security measures at airports or at any other place," she said. "I think that many victims of sexual assault who have been the true victims of men who committed that violent crime against them and who have been forced to suffer the physical and emotional harm that results from that crime would be insulted that the term would be used in the way that Ms. Kardashian used it."
Allred added that, "Words matter and the word 'rape' should be used with caution and with great respect for the victims who have been forced to endure it. It is completely inappropriate to use that word for scans or pat-downs at airports."
Jessica M. Cavey, a communications specialist at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, echoed those sentiments.
"We do take exception to the use of the word 'rape' to describe airport security procedures, because that is both unfair to security personnel who have a different purpose for touching people," she said, "and it also minimizes the experience of an actual rape, which is a very severe and traumatic form of violence."
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