"Throwback Thursday: Stop Telling Me To Stop Saying “I Have A Boyfriend”"

"In my experience, many men take any kind of response from a woman they’re hitting on, any kind of reaction at all, to be good. The theory that all publicity is good publicity is not lost on them. By saying “no” to a man like that, a woman is acknowledging his presence and the fact that he is hitting on her, which, alone, is a win for him. He could take it as a challenge, a reason to engage and pursue, an opportunity to debate the woman as to his merits as a man."

http://skepchick.org/2014/05/stoptellingme/

It's this kind of shitty behavior that has to change first. What causes this? Can we devote some energy towards designing interventions, or figuring out how women can possibly respond to get themselves out of these situations while retaining dignity?