In the early 1980’s if a guy stopped asking after his first “no” he would have never gotten anywhere.
I never got physical or angry, but I could be persistent.
My wife says that she was taught that a proper young lady always rebuffed the first advance.
All that being said, courting is confusing enough without getting the PC police involved.
In my world, the line between “persistent” and “rape” was physical force.
My son - who is in college now - says that they are being taught that “no means no” and that they MUST stop any kind of “persistence” at the first “no”.
Good thing that wasn’t the case when I went or he might not be here.
Which makes the young women really, really mad. No wonder everybody on campus these days is miserable.
Normal people understand the difference between "forcing" and "cajoling." But liberals aren't normal.