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Category Archive for "McPherson Square"

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“I Wish These Men Would Keep Their Ignorant Thoughts to Themselves.”

Nov 10, 2014

Location: Wiseguys Pizza (4th & H Streets NW) and McPherson Square Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I have two stories to share. Last Monday, October 20th, I was walking to Walmart during my lunch break, and a man was sitting outside of Wiseguys at 4th and H Streets NW. He started staring at me as if he’d never seen […]

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Unfair Much? “I Was Turned Down for a Job Because I Talked Back to a Street Harasser”

Sep 9, 2014

Location: 1121 14th Street, NW (Thomas Circle/McPherson) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was near my appointment time for an interview at CoStar, located at 1331 L St. NW, Washington, DC. A block away from the location, I walked in the wrong direction going north on 14th St NW. Unknown to me I passed a group of men in various […]

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Street Harassed by McPherson Square: “Women Don’t Like to be Spoken to Like That!”

Aug 15, 2014

Location: 14th & I St NW (McPherson) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) It was almost dusk, and I was walking towards the metro at McPherson along Franklin Square Park to meet my friend. As I looked down at my phone to text my friend know that I was almost there, a man was walking in the opposite […]

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“I’m going to report you.” BAM.

Nov 12, 2012

Location: McPherson Sq, K Street side Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was walking down K Street toward Farragut Square and in front of McPherson Sq, a tow truck driver made kissing noises at me while I was walking. When I stopped and took a picture of the tow truck he said “should I smile?” and I […]

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“Honey”

Aug 15, 2011

A man on a bicycle rode by and told me “I should put that on his mustache, honey.” The “honey”, I guess, was to make the previous comment less crude. Submitted by anonymous on 8/12/2011 Location: I St NW and 15th Time of harassment: Evening Rush Hour (3:30P-7:30P) Do you have a personal experience with […]

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