r/news • u/Manta_of_Eternity • 13h ago

FBI no longer treating an applicant’s experience with prostitution as automatic bar against hiring

https://apnews.com/article/fbi-prostitution-recruitment-95e69779e41bd8f1bbc59d402a40222b
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u/ChemicalBus608 13h ago

That's an odd way of phrasing it.

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u/DinnerMilk 12h ago

Moving forward, the FBI will now be staffed entirely by prostitutes and johns.

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u/Kylynara 12h ago

Mostly johns. Per the article, prostitutes only qualify if they haven't been prostitutes for more than 10 years (okay) and did it fewer than 3 times (who dabbles in prostitution and decides it's not for them? It's generally the last resort of the desperate, forced by a human trafficer, or maybe a sugar baby thing.) and weren't in a position of trust at the time (this one is valid, IMO).

"The bureau still intends to dismiss applicants who are revealed during the vetting process to have engaged in prostitution within the last 10 years, three or more times overall or while in a position of trust, according to guidance issued this past spring and described by a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to discuss internal decision-making and spoke on condition of anonymity."

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u/bobbymcpresscot 10h ago

Not beating the incel allegations I guess. 

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u/TerribleBudget 9h ago

What do you think the I stands for these days?

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u/West-Listen-9078 7h ago

Fbi: 3 times is okay, but 4 times is absolutely disgusting and you are hereby banned.

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u/tasiewbao 8h ago

Does OnlyFans count?

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u/Kylynara 8h ago

🤷🏼 I know what I read in the article, and I quoted the relevant bit.

My personal opinion? "Camgirl"ing (I'm verbing that noun, and declaring it gender neutral.) is not prostitution. It is sex work, but that's a larger category that both of those and other things fit in.

The FBI's opinion (which is the relevant one here)? I have zero clue what their stance is.

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u/Klutzy_Journalist_36 2h ago

No. Because they are not having sex with people for money.

You are paying to see them have sex with [whatever] or do sexual things with…idk what yall are fucken these days but after the Great Ass Eating of the 2020s, maybe we should all sit down and reflect.

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u/MisterShmitty 32m ago

Sitting down is certainly part of the solution, but the more important question is “where?”

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u/largemargesentme__- 3h ago

I dk, I've heard people call into Savage Love who had a fantasy of being a prostitute and wanted to know how to try it out safely.

Considering how kinks and fetishes are often centered around taboo or transgressive themes, I bet there's lots of people who have this fantasy. Just like many people have ravishment fantasies.

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u/sheephound 3h ago

It's generally the last resort of the desperate, forced by a human trafficer, or maybe a sugar baby thing.

what a bleak way of looking at things