No doesn’t always mean no

[BicicleGuy]

i realize i may be treading on thin ice with this topic in this era of #metoo, but...

anthony bourdain had a take on this subject:
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO: TBILISI
and scroll down to point 17.
(by the way, he also writes about pay-for-play in that city somewhere in that section   )

i have no experience in that country, but sounds very similar to what i encountered during my years in (also ex-soviet) moldova.
my experience was: if you back off every time a female says "no", you might never get anything!!   thoughts?

i hope to write more about this on another occasion when i find more time..cheers!