What we see here class is an example of someone learning what not to do from hurting others. What we should all learn is the same lesson so that women around the world can be treated as human being first and not sexual goals. It's fine to shoot your shot, but that's when you first meet someone.

This stuff needs to be taught in middle school and drilled repeatedly into boys and men's heads: no means no, but also more importantly any answer that isn't somewhere along the lines of "yes, yes, o God yes", then it's actually a no. A wincing yes means no, okay means no, maybe means no no oh God no, I have other plans means no, I'm washing my hair means no, etc etc. And if your timing just sucks, we'll you have the no, so you keep the no and live with the no and move on.

Women learn one way or another to make "soft" rejections to avoid confrontations, in large part due to survival. There's a metaphor I saw along the lines of women are bicycle traffic in a world of cars: a small mistake by either the bicycle or the car will kill the bicycle.

The sad fact is though pop culture from decades ago still forms something of the zeitgeist. Whether it's Pedophile Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, or Han "Corner her in a closet while marooned in space forcing her to be rescued by C3P0" Solo, there's tons of situations that teach boys and men that if they just persist they'll win her heart and it doesn't matter what you do, and it's all wrong.