Location: 12th and Maine Ave SW Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) Street harassment has happened to me before, but I have been lucky to experience it rather infrequently. I’m not sure if it’s due to my naturally assertive walk or that I’m somewhat oblivious to guys yelling out of cars, or some other factors I don’t know of. Regardless, no […]
Location: Connecticut Ave from Q Street to S Street NW (Dupont) Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) I had a man follow me from the metro to Starbucks, I could tell he was trying to talk to me but I ignored him. I went inside Starbucks to shake him off, he waited outside Startbucks. I started to cross […]
Location: Takoma Park, MD Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I love walking around on summer nights. I really enjoy this in Takoma Park, where my girlfriend lives, because I feel safer there than in my neighborhood of Columbia Heights. This week, I was walking to her house when a man leaned out his car window and shouted “Damn girl […]
Location: 32 bus stop on Lafayette Park Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) Coming home from work on a Sunday a group of three young men (between the ages of 17-21) got on the bus a few stops after I did. I did not pay too much attention to them because groups of young people getting on the bus is […]
Location: Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) Coming back from a concert, my boyfriend and I were waiting on the platform of the Gallery Place/Chinatown stop, waiting for the redline towards Glenmont. Because of single tracking, everyone waiting for the redline was on one platform. We were standing right at the corner, or intersection of the escalators […]