Dear guy who will not leave me alone even after I said no,

I believe that I am speaking for every college girl, well really every girl, when I say that it is more annoying and super creepy when you don’t listen to the magical word called “no.”

Why do you not listen to my voice? Why do you not listen to my choice to want to interact with someone or to not? Why do you not listen to my rights? My right to exercise all of my rights in a way that protects me and makes me feel safe? Do you not understand that your ongoing pursuit, incessant messages, and guilt trips will never, ever work?

We know your tricks. We see your wants. We’re smarter than you... Oh trust me, yes, yes we are. No, we are not being mean when we do not wish to talk to you.

No, we are not bitches because we do not want to interact with you the way you want to interact together. We are not stuck up because we choose to respect our significant others and decide to not go one-on-one with someone? We have the right to choose. We have the right to decide.

I say this because I speak for the women who have been emotionally abused by men who act like this. I speak for the women who have been physically beaten by when who act like this. I speak for the girls who have had to deal with a mental illness, and who have been treated like this by men they’ve been with.

I speak for all girls when I say that no really does mean no. Respect it. There’s always a backstory to how a girl feels, and no one has to talk to a person because someone demands it. So next time a woman says no, please understand: ‘No Means No’.

Sincerely,

A College Girl