Location: Bar, The Ugly Mug Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) Great band, good bar, but I’m never going back. While I was there, a man who came by himself was lurking around the dance floor making women uncomfortable. After moving away from him multiple times, I felt a hand slide up the back of my dress and […]
Location: Eastern Market, 8th and SE Pennyslvania Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) So street harassment is not a new thing in urban culture and urban dwellings. I, along with my coworkers get harassed on a daily basis just walking from the office to grab lunch 2 blocks away – and the easy thing is to just ignore it since […]
Location: Pennsylvania Ave & 8th St SE (Eastern Market) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) On the way to a dinner meeting for work, a man approaches me who is also waiting for the bus. I didn’t know how to reply to his “Hi, big momma.” I think I said, “….hi” and anxiously awaiting for the bus to […]
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 […]
I was taking my children to lunch when an older man on a mobility scooter (yeah) rode along side us, remarking about my looks. I told him how inappropriate it was for him to say those things, particularly in front of my children and luckily, he got the point and rolled away. My 8 year […]