Location: Elm St. and Woodmont Ave. (Maryland)
Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm)

I was walking down the street in a nice white t-shirt and a-line skirt, and a man looked at my face, then down at my breasts, and said, “That’s some nice goodies you got there.”

Emphases by CASS. Submitted 5/17/13 by “R.D.”

Anti-street harassment march in DC, June 2011.

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