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Location: 14th & Park Road NW; in front of PNC Bank, across from Wells Fargo Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was standing at the corner waiting to cross the street when a van full of guys pulled up to the red light. As soon as the light turned green and they began to drive off, they yelled […]

In the first of a video series by writer/director Chioke Nassor, comedian Sasheer Zamata tells her story of having been sexually harassed and flashed by a man while on her walk home. The video is laughable in imagining the (inane) excuses some men might have in sexually harassing women, such as sincere thinking that a woman might […]

Location: 1130 Connecticut Avenue, NW Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) In the mid-1980’s I was walking along Connecticut Avenue, NW during the lunch hour and was punched in the breast by an (sic) man. I was also hit by bums, and received MANY comments from men about body parts. Given the recent comments from women that they have been grabbed/groped by […]

Location: 12th & D Street SE Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was literally just walking back from the CVS when I thought I heard someone call my name so I turned around. I then saw that the “holla” was coming from a guy in a car who was driving slowing behind me. And now that he realized […]

Location: Thomas Circle Time: Day Time (9:30am-3:30pm) I was walking down the sidewalk and a man started trying to engage me and get my attention as I approached him. I avoided eye contact and kept walking past him. Angered that I ignored him, he shouted, “fat ass bitch!” as I passed. In my experiences of street harassment, […]