Location: Apartment Lobby, Silver Spring, Maryland Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I want to share an experience of non-Street Harassment — an example of how a man can compliment or greet a woman without being skeevy or offensive. I got home last night around 9:00 in the evening and I stopped in the lobby to get my mail. I don’t live […]
Location: P Street NW and 14th (Logan Circle) Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) In this instance, a panhandler who had called out to me before decided to follow me from his spot in front of the hardware store to my office (from P and 14th NW to Rhode Island and 14th NW), staying behind/beside me while asking […]
Location: 18th and M St NW (Farragut North/Dupont) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was catcalled yesterday (12:04pm) walking to the post office to mail a letter to my dad. I was walking towards the crosswalk on 18th and M st NW, and almost didn’t notice the bike messenger coming my way on the sidewalk. I hesitated for a […]
How one day when I was 17 led me to stop being silent and start speaking out against street harassment. By Lauren McEwen I was 17, and I’d spent the perfect day with my then-boyfriend for his birthday. After a while, it was time for him to go meet his family for birthday dinner. He didn’t […]
Location: 70 bus stop at Georgia Ave & Park Road (Petworth) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) When i am walking to work every I am sometimes afraid to walk out of my door because what comments I’m going to hear today. Every morning I dread the walk to the georgia ave train station because some guy on streets always has […]