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Category Archive for "Woodley Park"

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“Please show some respect–we’re strangers.”

Oct 14, 2011

I was just coming into work late this morning and I got hit on two blocks from home over by the Chipotle on Connecticut Ave NW and Calvert St NW. The harasser called to me as I was crossing the street, “Hey young lady.” At first, I thought some friends were teasing me. I looked […]

7

“Hey, can I get a hug?”

Oct 3, 2011

I’d just gotten off a long closing shift at the coffee shop where I work and was walking home. Coming towards me was a big group of young men that I could hear talking loudly before I even saw them and I remember immediately thinking “oof…trouble.” One guy was walking right at me and I […]

8

Human Rights Violation

Sep 22, 2011

I was doing my morning run up Massachusetts and the driver of an N-line bus honked at me 5 times while I ran on the sidewalk. I looked around, there were no other cars or people he could have been honking about. Gender-based street harassment by a District employee violates DC’s Human Rights Act, which […]

9

“Slut Is Sexy!”

Oct 26, 2010

Took the long way to walk to a friend’s house last Saturday because I really wanted some “me” time. After admiring the view from the gorgeous bridge on Connecticut Avenue, I continued walking up Connecticut when the man I was passing on the street said very loudly — “Slut.” It felt like someone had slapped […]

10

“He ruined my day.”

Aug 14, 2009

I was walking back from lunch with a friend (a guy) to the Metro at Woodley Park, and just at the bus stop on Calvert St before the bridge, there was a man sitting down on the pavement. I assumed he was waiting for the bus; he was messing with his phone. Friend and I […]

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