“Where do you work (or study)?”, “Will you be back early?”, “I do not allow drinking in the house.”, “You cannot bring over men.” – these are some of the common questions or instructions single women looking for a place to stay face after meeting proprietors for the first time. The answer to the first question helps the proprietor assess whether the job is socially acceptable for a woman to do and the answer to the second is sought because women staying out late at night is still not socially acceptable. The last two instructions reflect a brand of morality that women have been traditionally subjected to. This moral screening takes place as a single woman is considered an anomaly in our society. However, no matter how intrusive a violation of private space these questions pose, they seem harmless when compared to being outright rejected a place to stay because of one’s sex which often happens under the banner of the proprietor’s freedom of choice. 

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