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Category Archive for "A Neighborhood"

56Repeated Verbal Harassment: “I will break your neck.”

Repeated Verbal Harassment: “I will break your neck.”

Sep 7, 2015

Location: 16th & L St NW, Washington, DC Time:  Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) Last week I was walking from the Metro to work and a white man was sitting on the sidewalk with a tin can. I had a mug in my hand, and, as I passed, he yelled at me: “I will knock that right out of […]

57Street Harassed in Maryland: “I Told Him I Wasn’t Interested”

Street Harassed in Maryland: “I Told Him I Wasn’t Interested”

Sep 7, 2015

Location:  Queensbury Rd. and 43rd Ave., Hyattsville, MD Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was walking to the Prince George’s Plaza Metro Station. A guy stopped at a stop sign and asked for my phone number. I told him I wasn’t interested. He responded by saying: “I want to eat that pussy.” Submitted 6/14/15 by “MK.” Do you […]

58Street Harassed in Chinatown: ” A Group of People on the Street Encircled Me for Protection”

Street Harassed in Chinatown: ” A Group of People on the Street Encircled Me for Protection”

Sep 7, 2015

Location: Chinatown, Washington, DC Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) It was the weekend of Aweseome Con, which is like a Comic Con, so my friend and I were both in costumes. I was Batgirl, and she was Catwoman. This one guy started harassing us right at Walgreens at 7th and H ST NW, and we were walking […]

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Harassed in the Rain: “Make it Nice and Wet for Me!”

Sep 7, 2015

Location: Mt. Olivet Rd. NE & Trinidad Ave. NE, Washington, DC Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was getting ready to jog home from the corner store. As I left the store, a man opened the door for me so I thanked him for the kind gesture. It had just started to rain so I started my […]

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Moving Trains to Feel Safe: “How You Doing, Mami?”

Sep 7, 2015

Location: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm)”>Red Line Silver Spring Metro Station, Silver Spring, MD Time:  Night (7:30pm-12am) A few minutes after I sat down on the Metro at Silver Spring, someone started saying, “Hey.. Beautiful girl… Hey how you doing Mami?” at me repeatedly for about 5 minutes. I ignored them until finally one of guys […]

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