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“I Called Out A Street Harasser And Got Called a Fat B*tch.”

Aug 6, 2013

Location: 32 bus stop on Lafayette Park Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) Coming home from work on a Sunday a group of three young men (between the ages of 17-21) got on the bus a few stops after I did. I did not pay too much attention to them because groups of young people getting on the bus is […]

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“Girls should not be made to feel uncomfortable when they’re just trying to get home.”

Jul 31, 2013

Location: Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) Coming back from a concert, my boyfriend and I were waiting on the platform of the Gallery Place/Chinatown stop, waiting for the redline towards Glenmont. Because of single tracking, everyone waiting for the redline was on one platform. We were standing right at the corner, or intersection of the escalators […]

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Groped & Street Harassed Repeatedly While Out Around U Street: “I was NOT asking for it!”

Jul 29, 2013

Location: 14th & U, 16th & U, and 18th Street NW Time: Late Night (12am-5am) I was harassed multiple times tonight – once in a bar and twice on the street. Men repeatedly violated my space by touching me on my bare back (area not covered by my shirt), my butt and my chest. At the bar […]

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Street Harassed & Followed by a Car in Baltimore Co.

Jul 24, 2013

Location: Baltimore County, MD Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) My experience felt (sic) with my friends and I walking to a party around 8pm on a Friday night. I was wearing a tight fitting stripped dress with wedged heels. I was walking up a busy street along the sidewalk. From behind me a car full of men blasting music […]

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“I Yelled Back At Street Harassment For The First Time, And It Felt Empowering.”

Jul 18, 2013

Location: 16th and Irving St NW, near the Columbia Heights metro Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) Coming home from a Monday night dance class around 11pm, I was walking towards Mt Pleasant from the Col Heights metro when I noticed a few guys catcalling every woman they walked passed. Just leering and creepily yelling “Hey gorgeous!” and when they finally […]