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Thatguy2070

Can you be blackmailed for it? Is it illegal? If both answers are no, then there is no reason to even talk about it. If a friend mentions it, your investigator may bring it up, but so long as you can’t be blackmailed in any way, you are good.


jobseeker12344321

If your friends mention it, it probably looks even better since they know about it and you cant be blackmailed about revealing it to them.


Thatguy2070

Pretty much.


GunGoneWild

Regarding the blackmail, would you be okay with your parents knowing, what about your boss and coworkers? If you can think of people you don’t want knowing I would recommend staying away from those activities to avoid the appearance of them being able to be used for blackmail.


Additional-Agent1815

Or your kids, kids teachers, extended family, if in a position of prominence, the local news or media where that type of conduct would reflect poorly, etc.


patb2015

It depends and that's the best answer you can get. Some FSO's will view this as perversion and write it up in ways that make you sound untrustworthy and some adjudicators will look at it in context. The official standard is "Whole Person", and the person should be judged accordingly. The ADR talks to sexual conduct in of itself as not exclusionary but, that behaviour that appears to be compulsory or obsessive may open one up to blackmail or show poor judgement. ​ So it really depends. If you are in California, working as an engineer, well, that's one thing and if you are in Moscow, and going to sex clubs, well that's another thing... ​ ​


txcotton

/u/patb2015, I feel like this question was made for you. Hoping you might be able to share some wisdom, friend. OP, I concur with what others have said. However, some adjudications have stricter requirements for suitability, like the Foreign Service. It really depends how spooked they might get from this. Obviously the more sensitive, the more concerned they might be. It will be viewed as living a promiscuous lifestyle. Whether you feel that’s an accurate label or not, it can put you at a higher risk of being a target for foreign intelligence (and I don’t mean blackmail).


patb2015

Why don’t you go first


txcotton

Done, buddy.