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Cross posted from Stop Street Harassment Blog: Today, a 20 to 30-something male in a business suit harassed me near the corner of 14th and T Streets NW in Washington DC at about 9 A.M. He was clearly going to work and was in a hurry. The man decided to cut the corner and walk […]

I was bent over unlocking my bike in front of DC9 when a guy (mid-20s) walking with a woman with a stroller (nice!) says “Excuse me” and grabs my ass. NOT EXCUSED. I’m not sure what he wanted, but it was a busy corner and I felt comfortable telling him to fuck off. Harassment hadn’t […]

I was inspired by a recent story to share mine. It happened about a year ago, and I didn’t think anything of it at the time. I now realize it was harassment. I used to commute home from the U Street station. I would arrive on the platform a little after 5pm every evening. I […]

I’m so glad to have find this site today. I’ve experienced harassment on the streets of several cities, but I had a particularly disconcerting run-in last night. I was riding the bus home from a friend’s house last night around 10pm. I get off at U and 14th, and even at that hour I don’t […]

The other week I was walking to my boyfriend’s house when guy in van who was stopped at a stop light said, “hey. where you going?”  He then preceded to yell a phone number at me. What did he expect? There is no way he could honestly think I am going to stop walking, write […]