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Location: Orange line near Virginia Square stop Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) Christmas Eve 2012 I boarded the train around noon to meet a friend in DC. The car was nearly empty when a young man sat in the seat directly behind me. I felt that was odd. I looked out the window to see if I could see […]

Location: 17th & U NW; near the 90 bus stop Time: Late Night (12am-5am) I was waiting for the 96 bus when a young, thin 5’7″ man with light brown curly hair walked up to me. He asked me if I liked circumsized or uncirmcumsized men. I paused in shock before noticing that he had pulled out […]

Location: FAA offices, 12th & Maryland, SW Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I’m really surprised to see so much buzz about Liz Gorman’s experience. In my experience, when a woman gets groped, nobody cares. Perhaps the difference is that it happened in public, rather than at the office. You see, when it happens at the office, you can’t talk […]

Location: Swann St. and 19th St. NW (N of Dupont Circle) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) This was in 2010.. but walking home at 11:30pm on a weeknight I heard someone clear their throat loudly and I looked up to see a man leaning out of a well-lit upstairs window masturbating. It happened again later that week. I called […]

Location: Metro train – Green Line near Mt Vernon Square/Convention Center Time of Harassment: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) I was sitting down watching a movie on my phone, in a fairly crowded metro so there were people standing near me. I glanced up just before Mt. Vernon Sq because a woman was motioning for me to get up. […]