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Location: Farragut Square Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) I struggle with the word harassment. Is it harassment if it’s not a creepy interaction? Sometimes I feel like they are being polite and just complimentary, but they are still in my space and the interaction is simply unneccessary. Or is this me excusing them from their actions? I […]

Location: Smithsonian Metro Stop Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) I was in one of the last cars on the metro and was one of the last people to leave the station this morning. The other person was a man — mid-40s, dark hair, wearing a suit. He wasn’t close enough for me to get a better description […]

Location: Staircase exit at the Tenleytown Whole Foods Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was leaving Whole Foods, and a man said hello to me. He looked about 30 years old, and I am 17. I said hi and kept walking, and he ran after me saying he wanted to talk to me and got really close to me. I […]

Location: 13th & Harvard NW (Columbia Heights) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) [I was] walking home from the metro and noticed a group of about 4-5 grown men standing around by the sidewalk. I kept my head down looking at my cellphone and one of them called out to me, “How are you” – ignored, kept walking […]

Location: Red line metro headed towards Shady Grove Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) It was a very busy evening on the red line because of metro problems. After a couple of very crowded passed, I was able to board a train headed to Shady Grove. The train was still very crowded and a man, whom I had […]