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Cross posted from Stop Street Harassment Blog: Today, a 20 to 30-something male in a business suit harassed me near the corner of 14th and T Streets NW in Washington DC at about 9 A.M. He was clearly going to work and was in a hurry. The man decided to cut the corner and walk […]

In an Afghan-owned grocery store that sells Middle Eastern and South Asian products. I was shopping, minding my own business, and this absolutely scuzzy sleazy-looking guy, unshaven, unkempt, shirttail partly hanging out–you get the picture–says behind me “Hey, beauty, where are you going?” I ignored him, of course. He followed me through an aisle full […]

Fourteen year-old, Jordana, a student with the City at Peace DC program, describes a frightening encounter with public sexual harassment. Cross posted from Washington Area Women’s Foundation Blog:   Up until recently I didn’t realize just how much sexism hurt me.  Of course I see and personally experience sexism all the time, but I thought […]

I don’t know if anyone would truly consider this street harassment, but it was just something that stuck in my mind and I had to share because I felt offended. I had just gotten out of the Renwick and was heading down the street when I heard someone whistling like they were trying to get […]

I was walking to the metro at the end of the day around 6:00. I had my headphones on as usual and was pretty focused on walking when a guy came up beside me and motioned for me to take my headphones off. I stopped, thinking he might need something. He was holding a form […]