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Location: 19th and K St NW (Farragut West) Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) I was walking to work when I passed a man walking in the same direction I was. He smiled and said hello. I said hi back, and he started to walk next to me, very closely. He asked me if I had a boyfriend. […]

Location: Bethesda Metro Station Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) Long story – so today I was on an elevator in Bethesda going down to the metro with two women. I heard the normal looking older woman ask the younger woman if her bust was bigger than her waist. I wondered out loud what was going on. The […]

Location: Red line metro, before Brookland Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) A woman approached me and told me that a man was taking a video of my legs with his camera phone. I wore shorts that day; it was hot and I had to push my toddler in his stroller. She told me that he had been filming my […]

Location: 1900 M Street NW (Farragut North) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) This man is sitting on a bench outside FroZenYo and verbally harassing women who pass him on the sidewalk. Submitted 5/14/14 by Anonymous. Take a stand against public sexual harassment and assault: Donate now. Do you have a personal experience with gender-based public sexual harassment or assault? Submit your story to […]

Location: 14th & Spring St NW/North Columbia Heights Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I was biking home, going down the 14th street bike lane on Sunday night around 9pm, when I noticed a car was following slowly behind me in the car’s lane. Figuring the driver was just nervous about getting too close to a biker, I slowed down […]