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Location: Colesville & Georgia Ave (Silver Spring, MD) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) Two men walked by me and one of them said something to me in Spanish (I’m not sure what he said) and then continued to make kissing noises. It was embarrassing and uncomfortable. Submitted 4/24/14 by “SM.” Take a stand against public sexual harassment and assault: […]

Location: Red Line metro, at Silver Spring Time:  Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I want to share a positive experience. Today on the metro a man struck up a conversation with me. I did not have a book out nor was I listening to an ipod. He was polite and kept his distance. We ended up casually chatting for the […]

Location: Apartment Lobby, Silver Spring, Maryland Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I want to share an experience of non-Street Harassment — an example of how a man can compliment or greet a woman without being skeevy or offensive. I got home last night around 9:00 in the evening and I stopped in the lobby to get my mail. I don’t live […]

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: Silver Spring, MD Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I wrote a few months back about a case of exposure I was unfortunate enough to witness back in November on the Red Line. Since then, I’ve followed the CASS Facebook Page and I read as many of the stories I can – they infuriate me. Street harassment had […]