Location: 5th & O NW Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) A guy yelled from his car while he followed me down the street two blocks about how tight my jeans were and how good looking at me made him feel. Submitted 7/16/16 by “MW” Do you have a personal experience with gender-based public sexual harassment […]
“Oh my god – what the hell is that? Looks like every thunderstorm and earthquake ever.” I had just left my office at 16th & K to grab lunch down the block when a man sitting on the curb shouted this at me. In just a few words, I had become a “that,” and my […]
Editor’s Note: The piece below was written by Sam Nellis, who helped to bring the Safe Bars program to Birch & Barley and Churchkey. If you are a bar owner or manager interested in making your bar a safer place, please email sbc@collectiveactiondc.org. We recently completed the CASS/Defend Yourself Safe Bars training program at our bar. It […]
Location: 17th and Mt Pleasant St NW Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I smiled at an older man on the sidewalk and he said “Hey baby, why don’t you stop and talk to me.” I just kept walking away (quickly) and he shouted “asshole!” Submitted 6/29/16 Do you have a personal experience with gender-based public sexual harassment or […]
Location: Red Line train between Twinbrook & Rockville Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) A man sat behind me on a Metro train car that had just been vacated by the other passengers and masturbated into my hair. I only noticed when I became aware that he stood up, when I felt my hair move slightly, and felt […]