lol @ capitalizing hooksâ name. pretty fucking awesome agitprop though.
thanks I learned a new word today; âagitpropâ.
When I was in high school in the 80s, we memorized and gave out a dial-a-prayer number to guys.
This is never going to work now that the numberâs been broadcast on every news site out there.
Really creepy guys donât bother reading news sites.
I have a good memory for numbers, but I seriously doubt Iâd recognize that one if you showed it to me out of context three days from now. I doubt your average creeper is much better.
Fixed that for you.
Is grammar a relic of the patriarchal hegemony or something?
Iâm not sure if they still do it but one of the large radio stations over here (BBC Radio 1), used to have an answering machine that they gave the number for, and then would play back the entertaining messages that got left by confused would-be suitors, both male and female.
Or women could just behave like theyâre civilized and politely reject the request for a number. If you donât want a guy to have your number because youâre not interested, a little polite honesty is much nicer and more respectful to him (and to yourself) than some BS number that leads to a feminist thing. Thatâs not going to make him feel better about things at all. And itâs not empowering you as a woman nearly as much as a simple polite âNo. Thank you, but Iâm not interested.â would. Itâs still caving in to the old fashioned notion that a woman is obligated to give her number out even if she doesnât want to.
And what do you do if the guy wonât take no for an answer? What if he gets angry? Thatâs the sort of thing weâre talking about.
Clever â but it undermines the principle of âNo Means Noâ.
A deception? A verbal ploy to make someone go away?
Isnât that another step in the dance?
A missed opportunity to set a good example by saying âNo thank you, goodbyeâ at the most appropriate of times?
Ah, I knew there would be at least one of you.
No tall men take âNo, thank youâ as an answer. One time I was thrown against the wall and choked.
True story.
Recently I told some guy, âFUCK OFF, go awayâ when he wouldnât leave me alone, and he sat down anyway.
One time some guy threw me up against the wall and choked me when I said no. I REALLY wish I could have missed that opportunity.
Dude, itâs really not up to women to make sure guys behave and donât act like jerks â or worse. Really, itâs not. Fuck opportunity. I just want to feel safe and comfortable and not be bothered or feel stressed out FOR MERELY EXISTING, and no, I donât think itâs up to me to make sure a grown adult man acts right.
âIsnât that another step in the dance.â
Some of those dances turn deadly. And why the hell should I feel obligated to âdanceâ for MERELY EXISTING?
Just because Iâm out in public, it doesnât mean Iâm consenting toward some fucked up mating âdanceâ. Iâm just trying to live my life.
Youâre under the assumption that every interaction with men asking for numbers is desired or appropriate. And, no, merely drinking at a bar doesnât mean Iâve conented to whatever vague âdanceâ youâve come up with in your head.
Thatâs heightist.
You say that like itâs a fact that when a woman says âno, sorryâ politely she will be left alone.
50% of the population would like to clue you into a little fact: maybe sometimes it works, but more often the guy just gets worse.
You call security, the bouncer, the police, etc.
Iâve only ever in my life had two times when just declining politely was met with anything more than the guy walking away disappointed. Once, the guy called me a âlesbian bitchâ (apparently anyone not interested in him,the only reasoning could be that theyâre not interested in men at all LOL!). So what. Iâve been called worse. Big deal. I laughed. The other time, the guy just kept asking and then the bartender told him that heâd have to drop it or heâd be escorted out. So he slunk away back to play pool on the other end of the club. No big deal. Generally, a little human kindness and honesty really has it covered.
Iâm not sure why, but that really cracked me up. 
Ah, yeah, typing too fast and not proofing will sometimes result in really great typos!!
