February 29th, 2012
10:55 AM ET
Fighting sex trafficking in hotels, one room at a time
Kimberly Ritter could not believe what she was seeing.
Girls wearing almost nothing at all, suggesting all sorts of sexual acts, listed on page after page of Backpage.com's escorts section. When she looked closer at the photos, she noticed something eerie.
She could recognize the rooms.
Ritter is a meeting planner at Nix Conference and Meeting Management of St. Louis. She and her co-workers work with 500 hotels around the world and visit about 50 properties annually. She can identify many hotel chains used in escort ads by their comforters, bathroom sinks, air conditioning units and door locks. Sometimes, she can also identify a specific property.
Meet Kimberly Ritter, sex trafficking sleuth.
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Uh, consenting adults, privacy - a host of other issues, including busybodyism.
Nothing more constructive to do with your time, Kimberly?
Agreed.
Just go to Village Voice for a real look at the manufactured "crisis". This is about independent women working for themselves outside the street or pimps. Funny how Feminism crumbles when women want to do something other than what fits with their PC agenda.
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I have realized that if I put the two together there's a strong possibility that I could be another dead pop tart. If someone intended to save my life! I know this allmost killed me. You can't help someone by holding them back. However I feel most greatful to have life over death.
Wow! Seriously?
Oddly poetic...
Thank you Kimberly, and others like you, for taking the time to put this in motion!
Be prepared
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What strategy? Garnering headlines? Busting women "in control of their own bodies"? I guess that concept only applies only for abortion.
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Prostitution should be legalized in the USA. It serves a purpose and seems to work in Europe and other countries. Why not regulate it as a business? Tax it? And get the prostitutes checked on a regular basis for STDs.
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