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Location: I & 16th Street NW (Farragut West/ McPherson) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was returning to the office after going for a walk. As I walked down I St while crossing 16th, a man was crossing in the opposite direction. He immediately changes his direction when he sees me and starts walking with me. “Can I hang […]

Location: Prince George’s Plaza Metro (MD); waiting for the R4 to Brookland Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) March 21, 2014: I wrote a Facebook post about my experience that day and it didn’t make me feel any better, but it did shed light on Street Harassment: “To the jackass who proceeded to insult me as he hopped […]

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 […]