*TRIGGER WARNING* After three similar attacks in the Eastern Market area this month, the community voiced their concerns that women are being targeted for violence. In one case, a young woman was forced by her knife-wielding attacker into an alleyway, where he pulled up her skirt. When she resisted, he stabbed her in the neck […]
Location: 2nd & E St NW (Union Station/Capitol Hill) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I was walking home from the library when a man walked up to me with open arms. He put them around me and began kissing my face. I asked him to stop, [but he] grabbed my chest and butt. He kept kissing me and kept […]
Location: Blue/Orange Line towards VA, Federal Center SW Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I got on at Eastern Market, a few minutes after 11 am on a Monday morning, at my usual door (last door, second to last car) to expedite my travels upon my arrival at my destination. The car was relatively empty and I locked eyes with […]
Location: Pennsylvania Ave & 8th St SE (Eastern Market) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) On the way to a dinner meeting for work, a man approaches me who is also waiting for the bus. I didn’t know how to reply to his “Hi, big momma.” I think I said, “….hi” and anxiously awaiting for the bus to […]
Location: 8th Street, SE, Barracks Row (Capitol Hill) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) Walking hastily to meet some friends, I was running late. I heard a man say as he watched my walk by, “Mmmmm… Look at all that jiggle.” Submitted 10/1/13 by Anonymous. Do you have a personal experience with gender-based public sexual harassment or assault? Submit your […]