Beware the "Honey Trap" (it's exactly what it sounds like)

Ran across this article on ForeignPolicy.com a few days ago. It’s about the intersection of sex and espionage. I think it’s kinda cool.

Two things jump out at me:

1.  ”Honey Trap.” They use it to describe the traps people fall into because of sex. But HONEY TRAP?! Seriously? Is this 70s porn lingo? It just feels so dirty. Don’t believe me? Say it aloud.

Aaand go.

…Now you wish you could wash your brain right? And they keep using that term over and over through the article! It’s a derivation of the term “honey pot” as a euphemism for vagina, which they also use in the article.

This is a honey pot:

Need I say more?

2. Second, much of the article deals w/ people who gave up state secrets or other important information for sex. So here’s the question:Is it trickin?

I’m one of those people who thinks giving up money purely for sex is trickin (even if you got it). I don’t know, for me it’s the principle of it. But if somebody you’re messing with gets you to give up nuclear secrets right after (or before) some head does that count?

On one hand, they’re definitely manipulating you. But on the other hand, how could you possibly know that s/he is trying to take you for your nuclear secrets? When somebody wants your money you kinda know it. It’s hard for it to be unclear. And you know exactly what you’re losing. Giving up nuclear secrets is a little more unclear. Maybe s/he just wants to feel trusted, and it’s perfectly innocuous. But then, maybe it’s a “honey trap” and they wanna steal nukes and blow shit up. Then thousands–even millions–of people could die, and you’re definitely getting fired from your secret nuclear job.

Things to think about right?

Finally, if you’ve ever come out on the bottom (no pun intended) of a sexual experience just be glad you’ve never:

• Been lured to a foreign country for a romantic weekend, then gotten arrested and jailed.
• Been falsely accused of setting multiple “honey traps” when you were really just kinda…being slutty. Then being executed for it.
• Had you career/credibility destroyed by an alleged honey trap that probably never existed. All because the media sensationalized it.
• or Been a closeted gay man who got blackmailed into becoming a double agent, became an alcoholic, then died when you fell one day while you were drunk.

Have a nice day kids.

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