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: Adams Morgan, H Street, North Capital….. Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) Every day since the spring started, it seems that I have someone yell out to me when I am going somewhere: walking, biking, on the bus…. are you threatened by my ability to move myself between locations independently? Submitted 4/24/14 by Anonymous. Take a stand against public […]
Ask a straight, cisgender man what he does when he prepares to leave the house. Odds are, he will be at a loss for how to answer. For those that rarely feel the threat of sexual violence on the street, safety is often not on their radar. Try asking the same question to a woman […]
Location: Connecticut Avenue NW Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was walking home from the metro, and six tall men came out of a building and noticed me. As if assuming a hunting stance, they encircled me as if by instinct – three on one side, three on the other. All six of them started at the […]
Location: Vienna Metro Orange Line Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) When I was 17 and waiting for my brother to pick me up a man sat down next to me. I nodded at him and he started speaking to me and reached for my crotch. [I] ran very fast into the metro and have been fearful to be alone […]