• ABOUT
    • MEET OUR TEAM
    • BOARD OF DIRECTORS
    • CASS UPDATES
    • ANNUAL REPORT
    • IN THE NEWS
    • CONTACT
  • OUR WORK
    • ADVOCACY
    • RETHINK MASCULINITY
    • SAFE BAR COLLECTIVE
    • TRAININGS & WORKSHOPS
    • WMATA CAMPAIGN
  • GET INVOLVED
    • JOIN OUR TEAM
    • SUSTAIN OUR WORK
  • DONATE
Collective Action for Safe Spaces Collective Action for Safe Spaces
  • ABOUT
    • MEET OUR TEAM
    • BOARD OF DIRECTORS
    • CASS UPDATES
    • ANNUAL REPORT
    • IN THE NEWS
    • CONTACT
  • OUR WORK
    • ADVOCACY
    • RETHINK MASCULINITY
    • SAFE BAR COLLECTIVE
    • TRAININGS & WORKSHOPS
    • WMATA CAMPAIGN
  • GET INVOLVED
    • JOIN OUR TEAM
    • SUSTAIN OUR WORK
  • DONATE

The Apology

Home A Neighborhood Georgetown The Apology

The Apology

Mar 23, 2010 | Posted by User Submission |

Cross posted from Stop Street Harassment:

I walk from the bus stop to get to my job this morning, and a homeless man was sitting outside of Starbucks on M near Wisconsin. He shakes his cup at people walking by, but with me it’s “Hey, gorgeous” and “Hey, mami.”

I walk up to him and tell him that he shouldn’t call women he doesn’t know “gorgeous” and “mami” and that he needs to refer to them as “miss” or “ma’am.” He immediately apologized, said he meant “no disrespect,” and told me to have a nice day. I wished him a nice day as well.

I rarely get apologies from harassers. Usually when they get called out on their behavior they get irate, start throwing insults and get violent. But this guy was genuinely apologetic and I appreciated that.

I wish more harassers would follow his lead.

Submitted by anonymous on 3/18/2010

Location: Georgetown

Do you have a personal experience with gender-based public sexual harassment you would like to submit? Just click here and fill out the online submission form. All submissions are posted anonymously unless you specify.


Share/Bookmark

0
Share

About User Submission

Do you have a personal experience with street harassment in the DC area? Your story can help to inform our work and help make our community safer for everyone.

Join Our Movement

Be part of our movement to make our public spaces safe for everyone.

Get our updates
Help make DC safer for everyone. Support our Work

Contact Us

  • 1100 New Jersey Avenue SE, Suite 2149, Washington DC, 20003
  • (202) 556-4232
  • info@collectiveactiondc.org

Connect With Us

Join Our Email List