--- title: Feminist Phone Intervention has a Number to give Aggressive Creeps description: The feminist phone intervention provides a phone number to give to aggressive "suitors." A call prompts an automated bell hooks quote canonical: https://time.com/2871143/this-is-the-definitive-phone-number-to-give-sketchy-guys-who-demand-your-digits-at-bars/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-13T16:50:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:10:45.507Z og:title: This Is the Definitive Phone Number to Give Sketchy Guys Who Demand Your Digits at Bars og:description: Texts and calls prompt automated feminist quotes og:url: https://time.com/2871143/this-is-the-definitive-phone-number-to-give-sketchy-guys-who-demand-your-digits-at-bars/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfabd6a77f540101e/69868801169ab04e9927881d/1849544481.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 184954448 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Is the Definitive Phone Number to Give Sketchy Guys Who Demand Your Digits at Bars twitter:description: Texts and calls prompt automated feminist quotes twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfabd6a77f540101e/69868801169ab04e9927881d/1849544481.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Is the Definitive Phone Number to Give Sketchy Guys Who Demand Your Digits at Bars by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jun 13, 2014 4:50 PM UTC  Smart phone Smart phonewebphotographeer—Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jun 13, 2014 4:50 PM UTC In a perfect world, a woman would be able to politely deny a man’s request for her number and go back to peacefully drinking her gin and tonic. But any woman who has, say, stepped out of the house or interacted with strangers in public places, knows that sometimes rejected advances are met with machismo vitriol, and [even violence.](http://jezebel.com/woman-beaten-to-death-for-refusing-to-give-men-her-numb-1584496268) That’s why the Feminist Phone Intervention hotline number was created. The next time an unwanted suitor demands your number, and you want to escape the situation, give him the following: **(669) 221-6251.** “Because,” [according to the project’s Tumblr,](http://feminist-phone-intervention.tumblr.com/post/88518084309/669-221-6251) “(669) UGH-ASIF, WTF-DUDE, and MAJR-SHADE were taken.” All calls and texts prompt an automated quote by feminist writer [bell hooks](https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bell-Hooks/22762902634). 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