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Location: Pennsylvania Ave and K St NW Time:  Night (7:30pm-12am) I am a small girl, and I’ve simply gotten used to the fact that anytime I’m out alone after dark, I feel scared. Most of my friends are guys, and didn’t understand this, So I asked then what they would do if, while waiting for a red […]

Location: Friendship Heights Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) Several years ago I was walking down Wisconsin Ave on the sidewalk heading south in front of the shops in Friendship Heights. It was probably a Saturday around 4 or 5 pm, the weather was warm, so there were plenty of people also about. Out of the blue I heard some […]

Location: Green line toward West Hyattsville Metro (Maryland) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) As I left the West Hyattsville Metro on my way home after work, I passed a man on the sidewalk. He acknowledged me, so I smiled (and by smiled, I mean pursed my lips and barely turned them up at the corners) and […]

Location: 14th and N St. NW DC Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) I was walking to the gym in spandex and a tank top (not that it should matter) and heard a honk from behind me; I turned around and saw it was three guys in a trash truck honking at me. Iflicked (sic) them off (mature, I know) and then they slowed […]

Location: Green line between Georgia Ave and Fort Totten; going toward Greenbelt Time:  Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was riding [the metro] back to my car at the Greenbelt station, reading a book when this older man came and sat next to me. For the next two stops he proceeded to inch closer to me, pressing his leg into mine. I kept moving […]