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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 […]

Location: Circulator going to Union Station Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) This guy banged into me when the bus wasn’t even crowded. My fiance called him on it and he started throwing a tantrum and nearly challenging him to fight. I don’t know if this is street harassment but he did act as if, as a male, […]

Location: 14th & U St. NW Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I had just left Tropicalia and was unlocking my bike when I saw a cop in uniform comment on a woman’s body and striped dress. After she said ‘I’m on the phone to my boyfriend’ he persisted a bit and then joked loudly to the other cop (in […]

Location: 6th and I St NW (Chinatown) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) First comment yelled from a truck as I was crossing the street: “Hey there, Pretty Hair.” Second comment yelled from a DIFFERENT motorist as I was crossing the SAME street: “You’re beautiful.” Third comment from a man who broke from his conversation with three other men to […]

Location: Federal Center SW Metro Station Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) As I was getting off of the escalator from the metro stop with my groceries, a man yelled “Damn, I would tear that ass up!” In a manner clearly directed at me. The level of violence and disrespect directed at women who are just trying to go about […]