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This weekend, I experienced the most abusive verbal street harassment of my life. I was walking with my sister in Chinatown to get coffee, and a man who appeared to be homeless was sitting in front of the Goethe Institut and asked us for money. I very politely apologized and said that I didn’t have […]

My husband and I were walking to the ATM and this man was seated outside the Goethe Institute begging. We were crossing the street and he asked us for a handout. My husband replied “Not today” and we continued waiting to cross the street. He then shouted at us that we would have given “him […]

This incident occurred back in January, but it just popped in my head, how much ignorant males enjoy terrorizing women. Im 25 now, and I swear things are getting worse and worse. I remember getting the “fuck you bitch” randomly when I was a teenager, but now things are escalating, especially when a woman is […]

A douchebag on the bus took a picture of my tits with a camera phone while I was trying to fix my socks. When I jerked back in surprise, he said, “Smile, big tits!” and took another. Submitted by MV on 5/21/2010 Location: Shaw and Howard University Stop Do you have a personal experience with […]

I’m walking home, almost at my apartment, and I cross Q St. There’s a cab waiting at a red light full of drunken college kids, and the driver is turning around to talk to them, not paying attention or stepping on the break hard enough, so he’s inching forward towards me. I call out (casually, […]