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Espionage is a human science and has developed applied human sciences above and beyond what popular American culture has the maturity and insight to comprehend.
by drunkenmonkey 9y ago
Espionage is a human science and has developed applied human sciences above and beyond what popular American culture has the maturity and insight to comprehend.
Much of this information, if released publicly, would be dismissed out-of-hand as incorrect to anyone who is an upright and decent person.
To the poster below me, the offer of sex can be used as control regardless of acceptance. If a wealthy and attractive person offers you sex, and you are unaware of an ulterior motive, the mere act of offering does factually impact your psychology and changes your cognitive biases. If the changing in these biases is directed, you are being controlled.
I recommend brushing up on your espionage knowledge. This isn't magic, it's intellectual honesty.
- foldr 9y agoYou have veered quite a long way off the original topic. It's plainly absurd to draw a comparison between the KGB setting a honey trap and a senior man pressuring a junior woman to have sex with him. The two have nothing to do with one another. >the mere act of offering does factually impact your psychology and changes your cognitive biases. Everything impacts your psychology and changes your cognitive biases. In that broad sense of the word "control", we are all "controlling" each other every day, no sex required.
- Boothroid 9y agoIt's not a comparison, it's a juxtaposition and you are tying yourself in knots trying to avoid admitting the truth. Women DO have greater sexual power than men. Some women DO use sex to control men. Young women definitely have an idea of their power in the sexual marketplace. And the idea that we can just decide to switch lust on and off is ridiculous.
- foldr 9y ago>Some women DO use sex to control men. I did not say that there are no women who use sex to control men. I said that it is not possible to control someone merely by offering them sex. It requires the cooperation of the person who is being offered sex. This is in stark contrast to the kind of power older men often have over younger women. >And the idea that we can just decide to switch lust on and off is ridiculous. Who said anything about switching lust off? All you have to do is decline the offer, which is eminently possible.
- drunkenmonkey 9y agoWhat about the blackmail potential inherent in offering someone sex? Edit: I can no longer reply due to the thread length, so here is reply to below post: To say that someone offered you sex, is to inculcate the idea of a sexual relationship with a person which you would otherwise not be associated with in such a context.