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Location:  Orange or Blue train, at L’Enfant Plaza Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was on the metro on my way to work, sitting in the front seat. A youngish guy (early-mid twenties) got on and asked if he could sit next to me. I thought that was a weird question because it’s not like anything taking up the […]

Location: Green line toward L’Enfant Plaza Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) This happened two years ago and I was working in DC at the time and taking the VRE up from Fredericksburg. I was still living at home and saving up to move into the city in the not too distant future. Iswitched (sic) to the Metro at L’Enfant Plaza and took […]

Location: FAA offices, 12th & Maryland, SW Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I’m really surprised to see so much buzz about Liz Gorman’s experience. In my experience, when a woman gets groped, nobody cares. Perhaps the difference is that it happened in public, rather than at the office. You see, when it happens at the office, you can’t talk […]

Today on my way to work I was determined to find a seat after my L’Enfant Plaza transfer so that I could continue reading my book. Three boys, age 12 or so, were sitting one behind the other, each taking up two seats. I sat down next to one of the boys and began to […]

I wanted an outlet to reach out to warn other Metro riders about a repeat Metro experience where the same man was rubbing himself against young women. I’ve encountered him twice now. Both times he boarded the Yellow Line toward Huntington at L’Enfant station and gets on the last car. He gets off at the […]