Women in Generation X get less sleep than any other generation. What's keeping them up? For hotels, the next line of defense after a vigilant front desk clerk is the in-house security team. Sometimes traffickers will check in to the room and only much later smuggle the girls and the johns into the hotel through a side door. Rooms which are being used by traffickers typically have a lot of men coming and going, and sometimes have men congregating outside the door, in the lobby or in the parking lot.
Stanoch says people who are having consensual sex generally tend to be neater with their paraphernalia. Who knew? Cleaners are also trained to watch out for a large number of computers or cell phones in a room. If one room is watching an unusual amount of porn on their hotel TV, that can trigger suspicions especially if it happens in tandem with other signs of trafficking. Not always, of course. Do they look to be in good health? Do they seem disoriented or disheveled?
Do the men seem to be preventing the women from moving about freely? There have even been reports of some women having tattoos that mark ownership.
Each of these symptoms on its own could have a perfectly plausible explanation, but if more than one or two of these warning flags are waving, then it might be time to tell hotel management of your concerns. Related Accused Sex Trafficker Wants Trial Delayed Because of MeToo The Polaris Project, which works to combat slavery of all kinds more people are enslaved by forced labor than the sex trade has just released this awesome map , which identifies the local trafficking-fighting agencies all over the world.
Have the new guidelines many any difference? Correction: The original version of this story misstated the title of Ms. She is VP of corporate affairs, not external affairs. Parents Newsletter.
