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Another Harassment Hill story… I was walking down 14th St. NW coming home from Target on Saturday evening, when a man standing at a bus stop says loudly at me, “Hey, you had better smile and make the world a better place!” He said it as a command, but he also seemed quite amused with […]

This week we wanted to find out if individuals experienced harassment while biking around DC so we asked and this is what folks told us: yeah, this happens to me every once in a while (i live in mount plez; commute downtown on bicycle). when i started riding in the city, i didn’t know what […]

I’m not sure this qualifies as harassment, but I was thoroughly disgusted regardless.  As I was walking to the Farragut North metro last Thursday I saw a man on a bench with his hand completely down his pants.  This was in broad daylight, during rush hour, and in the middle of a busy street…not even […]

Something about the 4th of July drove the harassers out. It seemed as if there was a harasser standing at every corner I turned. Just walking around the U street and Columbia Heights area that afternoon, my girlfriends and I experienced at least five catcallers and had three guys honk their horns at us and […]

I am walking early this 4th of July morning to get to the train station, and it seems like it’s going to be an uneventful walk. I spoke too soon. This maroon car sidles next to me and matches my pace. “Baby, where you walkin’ to?” the driver asks. I develop tunnel vision and act […]