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Location: Langley Park, Silver Spring (MD) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) As a guy, street harassment is something I haven’t always noticed a great deal. I grew up in Boston, and it just wasn’t something that I saw very often. I can remember maybe one or two instances, and I’m sure that it was very annoying and possibly frightening […]

Location: Elm St. and Woodmont Ave. (Maryland) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was walking down the street in a nice white t-shirt and a-line skirt, and a man looked at my face, then down at my breasts, and said, “That’s some nice goodies you got there.” Emphases by CASS. Submitted 5/17/13 by “R.D.” Do you have a personal […]

[Ed. Note: The post below regards a bus stop advertisement by the Adams Morgan’s BID (AMBID) located at Columbia & Ontario. The advertisement, which Diaz Zapanta first alerted CASS to on Wednesday, has already struck up conversation at Prince of Petworth, where more than a few commenters have noted its “creepy” nod to rape culture.] Adams Morgan has long maintained a […]

Location: Walking from Dupont to Howard U Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) Walking home from my job in Dupont, I was harassed in varying degrees of lewdness no less than six times — and that’s just what I noticed with my headphones in. Everything from gross sound effects to people singing songs about my ass as I walk by to […]

Location: Inside the Cleveland Park metro station Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) Just as the train approached, a group of noisy 4-5 teenage boys ran behind me. I thought they were running to relocate to a different part of the train. I felt a hand quickly tap the underside of my left butt cheek and I heard […]