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I feel as if I am a magnet for harassers. I could be walking by amongst dozens of people, but harassers feel the need to single me out out of all those people. Yesterday I missed my bus home from Georgetown, so I thought I’d try to catch it from Rosslyn and I walked down […]

I was walking to Union Station mid-morning and noticed two high-school aged boys walking toward me on the sidewalk. My initial thought was, why aren’t they in school? I generally don’t want to make eye contact or talk to guys on the street, because of some of the offensive stuff that I’ve heard. But, I […]

Two weeks ago, I left my martial arts/yoga studio and headed to Tenleytown Library. The library was closed, so I walked back towards the Metro, and had to walk past this creep who was begging for change on the street. When an older woman or a man walked by he simply asked them for change, […]

A van drove down Clarendon Blvd while I was waiting to cross the street, and its driver beeped at me and nodded his head like he was checking me out. It was too easy to identify his employer, Banana Banner (http://www.bananabanner.com/) since his van was covered in bananas and it had a license plate that […]

Last Saturday morning I was walking home from the Farmers Market at 14th and U. Right outside the the McDonald’s on 14th and U a man says, “hey there, you are beautiful.” I’m not in the mood to deal with it so I decide to ignore him and keep walking. He continues to yell after […]