Wear Her Down

Okay, so you want me to talk about

That thing we were talking about before?

Yeah, I mean

It’s happened to me too

Or, like, I know someone

Who has a story like that so--

But, for the sake of, like, the show

We should probably--

Okay, so I have this girlfriend

And she--

She’s married now

She just got married, actually

To this guy

And, um, their story

Of, like, how they met

Is that--

She’s like--

Oh, we met and I really wasn’t into him

And then, he, like, showed up at my job

And kept bothering me

And really wore me down

And that just sort of did the trick

And she does say did the trick

Like, that’s not me paraphrasing or anything

She actually says did the trick

Um, and, you know

I’m very pro-women

I’m a feminist

And I believe that you can like

Whoever you want to like

And if you don’t like someone

You’re entitled--really, truly

To change your mind about that

But, um, what I want to say to her

My friend

And I haven’t

I haven’t said this

But

What I want to say to my friend is--

Please don’t tell that fucking story to anyone

Because, um

Your husband?
Fucking harassed you

Like, that’s what he did

And, um, you don’t want to tell other people

That that worked

Because what you’re doing

Is giving other guys

This, fucking, false hope or whatever

Or permission, I guess

That they can do it too

That, like, you can wear a girl down

Like, that’s partly where they’re getting this shit from

From women like my friend

And I’m not blaming women, obviously

But you said you have a story like that too

Your cousin or whatever?

Yeah, so, like

That’s a problem

That’s a big fucking problem

And--

Oh god, I would get in so much trouble

If I ever said this to my friend, but like--

She probably only likes him

Because--

Because this is how we’re trained to be

Women

You know?

In some respect

Like, a guy wants us

And we don’t like him

But, like, what right do we have

Not to like him, right?

Right?

So, like, instead

We let ourselves

Be worn down

And believe me

I feel that

I feel--I empathize

With a woman

When I hear she’s worn down

But, like, how fucked up is it

That we are now adopting that

That story of being worn down

As a fucking meet-cute?

Like, that is deeply upsetting to me

It should be

It should really be upsetting to everyone

Because men don’t get worn down

Most of them

Pretty much all of them

If they look at a woman

And they’re like--

Nope, not attracted to her

That doesn’t change

Unless the woman changes

But women?

Women look at a guy and go--

Yeah, no thanks

And we’re told to look again

And again

And again

Until we want that guy

Until we come around

Right?

That’s every fucking movie

Every teen movie

Girl looks at guy

Isn’t interested

And changes her fucking mind

It’s fucking pitiful

And these guys

These teenagers

Who watch these fucking movies

They think--

Oh, that’s the trick

Just wait her out

She’ll change her mind

The fucking supermodel will fall in love with me

The loser asshole who has nothing going for him

Because I’m nice

And, like, most of them aren’t even fucking nice

And they smell

And they don’t deserve whatever poor supermodel actress

Is playing the lead role

And I’m fine saying that

I’m just fine with it

I hope some woman

In the audience
Watching this

Is with a guy

Who fucking wore her down

And she hears this

And remembers

That she was never really into that guy

And that she doesn’t need to be into him now

And I hope she fucking leaves his ass

As soon as your show or whatever is done

That’s what I want

You tell me that happened

And I’ll be so happy

I agreed to do this

For you