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Last Saturday, I was on a run and stopped at a light on the north side of N St NW, waiting to cross (east to west) 7th St NW. It was super hot, so I was pouring sweat, and I was also listening to music. However, I could still hear what a man crossing N […]

A man walking past me on my way home from work: “You look tired.” The only thing I’m tired of is men providing unsolicited commentary about what I look like while I’m trying to go about my business. (I didn’t respond with this, just thought about it the rest of the way home.) Submitted by […]

Coming home from the Metro around 10:30 at night Sunday 4/10, a man blew kisses at me while I was talking to my husband. It was as if he thought that since I was facing his direction (and paying attention to who was around us at night), I wanted his sexualized attention. The other thing […]

There is a gentleman who lives near my bus stop who I see roughly twice a week. Every time he sees me, he starts yelling “Hello! Hey! Helloooo!” getting louder with each word. I wear headphones when I walk outside, mostly to drown out men like him. He saw me again this morning and, when […]

This morning I was walking to my car, which was parked a few blocks from my apartment, to get to boot camp (exercise, not military). As I passed the BP gas station just north of N St on 13th, a guy at one of the pumps started making fairly explicit remarks about my body. I’m […]