I work in sales, not gaming. Maybe there is harassment at Riot Games, however sayings like "no doesn't necessarily mean no" is part of a sales mindset. It is not condoning rape, it is saying that just because the customer says no doesn't mean you should give up. Sales takes some persistence to see if you can get them to say yes. I imagine that is what the recruiter was saying, that just because a candidate says no, does not mean you should take it and give up.
That does not mean you should "rape" them, which in this analogy would either be forcing them to buy from you, or forcing them to work for you, without consent. That is obviously not going to happen.
It just means that you need to keep trying to get to yes, because you're going to hear no a lot, and some of those nos will later become yeses.
Just because you interpreted that saying as being related to rape doesn't make it a bad saying. It likely just means you're unfamiliar with sales, and reading something else into it. If you do a search for: no doesn't mean no, you will find a ton of sales material on it. For example off the top of a search:
That does not mean you should "rape" them, which in this analogy would either be forcing them to buy from you, or forcing them to work for you, without consent. That is obviously not going to happen.
It just means that you need to keep trying to get to yes, because you're going to hear no a lot, and some of those nos will later become yeses.
Just because you interpreted that saying as being related to rape doesn't make it a bad saying. It likely just means you're unfamiliar with sales, and reading something else into it. If you do a search for: no doesn't mean no, you will find a ton of sales material on it. For example off the top of a search:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=gtyq6Lyt5Vc
https://www.amazon.com/Doesnt-Always-Mean-Influencing-Cooper...