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“He shouted ‘Are you just going to ignore me?'”

Jul 19, 2016

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, […]

“I’d f— that so hard her head would spin.”

Jul 17, 2016

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 […]

“He followed me down the street two blocks.”

Jul 16, 2016

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 […]

“My body isn’t up for public debate”

Jul 14, 2016

“Oh my god – what the hell is that? Looks like every thunderstorm and earthquake ever.” I had just left my office at 16th & K to grab lunch down the block when a man sitting on the curb shouted this at me. In just a few words, I had become a “that,” and my […]

“I deserve to take up space in public without being sexually assaulted.”

Jul 5, 2016

Location: 7th and Pennsylvania NW Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) A guy next to me on the bus this morning was masturbating. Didn’t realize it until he got up to leave the bus and “fell” over so his crotch pushed up against my arm. I could feel his genitals through the fabric of his jeans, and […]