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Location: Metro Center (from the red line platform in the direction of Shady Grove and continuing to the lower platform in the direction of Vienna) Time:  Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) On Wednesday, August 10th at right around 3 PM, I was transferring from the red to orange line at Metro Center when I heard someone behind me on […]

Location: 1st and P St NW Time:  Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) Last week, I moved to a new house on quieter street in Bloomingdale with two close friends and was excited about the new spot– until I got to see who else lived on my street. Two men in particular, who live two houses down from mine, […]

Location: 7th Street and S St NW Time:  Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I noticed a cab driver shouting and honking at me when I was passing Shaw Library on 7th Street NW. I walked on 7th St toward Uprising Muffins on S Street, and he continued to sexually harass me, but I was heading in the opposite direction, […]

Location: Dupont Circle Time:  Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) This happened a few years back, but I thought a lot about it recently and how much it irked me. I was new to DC (hadn’t officially moved here yet, but was exploring the city after my final interview with a company), and exploring Dupont Circle. As I walked, I heard […]

Location: 5th & O NW Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) A guy yelled from his car while he followed me down the street two blocks about how tight my jeans were and how good looking at me made him feel. Submitted 7/16/16 by “MW” Do you have a personal experience with gender-based public sexual harassment […]