Airport sets female-only checkpoints for modesty

Special lanes help women cut time spent in line, while protecting privacy

Three security lanes created especially for women began processing passengers at the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in Guangdong province on Monday, with the aim of protecting the privacy of female passengers and help them avoid the embarrassment of being checked by male security guards.

All the security guards who work in the women's lanes, which uses pink as its identifying color, are women, according to a news release from the airport on Monday.