Can People Change?

My license plate frame on the back of my car says, "If you're gonna be riding my ass, you better be pulling my hair." At the time, I was 20 and very stupid. I actually thought putting that on my car would make me come off as sexy. Now when I look at it, I am washed over with shame and I'm very disgusted with myself. It seems like it was a lifetime ago, but it really wasn't that long ago. I've done everything in my power to make myself a better person and I feel that I am. Except for my slip up with Sean, I stopped using sex as an escape from my problems. I confront my problems head on and I've stopped hiding and I feel stronger than ever before. And just when I've forgotten that person I used to be, I get a text message from some ex booty call asking to hook up. Because of choices I made in the past, I'm still percieved as a slut. What does a girl have to do to be looked at another way? Because of my mistakes, it's like I have no chance for redemption. I feel I've changed, but because others can't forget who I was, I feel like that holds me from really changing.