Not much to say other than eeyup, should've called her room first. "Husband," husband, or complete stranger is irrelevant.
Got me thinking though.... (random musing, not trying to make any specific points. Just writing down thoughts)
Are we starting to assume everyone is evil and malicious until proven otherwise? I'm the type of person who leaves their doors unlocked all the time. I figure if someone breaks in, they probably need whatever they're taking more than I do. Assuming theft is the goal, anyway... something more malicious is possible, but exceedingly rare; I don't expect to get beaten up or raped by random people breaking in.
Something just rubs me the wrong way when the default assumption is people you don't know are "bad." The old "stranger danger" thing they fed to kids makes me sick. Far more likely, a stranger is just a friend you haven't met (maybe I shouldn't of taken that
Simpsons episode at face value, but I did, so ha!). Statistically, the vast majority of "predators" are friends or family of the child. Dunno bout older rape victims, but I imagine it's similarly mostly done by individuals they had met previously.
In the case with the hotel up there, the attacker met her previously. As such, she wasn't attacked by a complete stranger; she already had reason to be wary of him, and as such had good reason to put up barriers between him and her. No accusations from me about being irrationally afraid of strangers; any fear here was completely rational. But the person at the counter handing out keys? Eh. They had no reason to assume the guy had malicious intent. However, maybe I should stop looking at them as a person and more as a tool of the hotel; if by asking them to call the room first, I'm not asking them to pass judgement and assume everyone's evil any more than I'm asking the door to.
Still, fear of this, fear of that. Fear makes us put up barriers like that. Ideally doors wouldn't have locks at all.
Dunno if there's any points worth discussing in those paragraphs.