Location: Ft. Totten & Green Line (Metro) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) This occurred about a year ago, but I do want to give credit to good Metro employees. A young man got on my green line train at Ft Totten. He started aggressively flirting with/harassing the young women on the train (sitting very close, talking dirty). […]
Location: Metro – Red Line Between Forest Glen & Wheaton Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I was riding home around 10 PM last November and was sitting two seats away from an end door on the right side of the car. Caddy-corner to me was a girl a little younger than myself, maybe 20. Across from her, at the end […]
A DC high school student on facing street harassment & finding feminism By Rosie Cohen Getting off the train, walking down a busy street, walking down a side street, walking the dog, biking home from school, crossing the street. It’s day or night, no matter what I’m wearing or how I have my hair. It’s […]
Location: U Street NW between the Starbucks & Vida Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was walking on U Street NW just exiting the Starbucks when a large/fat man in his late 30s was riding his bike on the sidewalk approaching my direction. He said the following to me “If you let me take you home, I’ll […]
Location: 8th & R Sts, NW Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was crossing the street near the Shaw Metro and a man was just stepping off the curb as I was getting to the other side of the street. He stopped in his tracks when we were about 5 feet apart, looked me square in the face and […]