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A few evenings ago around 8 or 9pm, I was getting off the bus at Georgia and Irving, and was walking east on Irving back to my house. I was just a few houses away, and a man came up behind me, and kept saying, “hey beautiful. hey beautiful. You have an extra cigarette for […]

On Columbia Rd NW, just west of the intersection with Georgia Ave, I have been harassed multiple times by a group of men on the sidewalk or on the lawn and porch of a house on the north side of the road. 10-20 of them seem to be there at all hours of the day […]

Fourteen year-old, Jordana, a student with the City at Peace DC program, describes a frightening encounter with public sexual harassment. Cross posted from Washington Area Women’s Foundation Blog:   Up until recently I didn’t realize just how much sexism hurt me.  Of course I see and personally experience sexism all the time, but I thought […]

I don’t know if anyone would truly consider this street harassment, but it was just something that stuck in my mind and I had to share because I felt offended. I had just gotten out of the Renwick and was heading down the street when I heard someone whistling like they were trying to get […]

I was walking to the metro at the end of the day around 6:00. I had my headphones on as usual and was pretty focused on walking when a guy came up beside me and motioned for me to take my headphones off. I stopped, thinking he might need something. He was holding a form […]