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Location: Fort Totten Metro Station – Green/Yellow Line Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) As I was walking down the metro platform (after leaving training for volunteering at a rape crisis center no less), a man felt the need to tell me he was going to “eat my pussy” and that he was sure I “must be very wet.” When […]

Location: Blue Line, Pentagon Metro Station Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) This happened a year ago. My friend and I were riding home on Metro after class, around 10pm. Across the aisle from us (the seats that face each other) was a girl who had a little too much fun at happy hour. She was barely staying awake. As we […]

Location:  Metro: Orange & Green lines Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) I have had harrassment happen to me twice while I commuted back and forth to work. I the first incident, I got on an orange line train at L’enfant. Always crowded that time of morning. Some guy at least a foot taller than I got on […]

Location:  Metro: Redline to Glenmont Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I got on at Gallery Place toward Glenmont. Just before Judiciary Square a I noticed a man staring at me with a very angry glare. I was very uncomfortable and I was questioning what was going on with him so I moved to what I thought was out of eye […]

Location: Metro – Yellow Line Train to Huntington Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) As I type this, I am searching for words to describe what happened today on my commute home, but I’m going to do my best. I was taking the Metro home like I normally do, and when I go off at the Chinatown stop to […]