Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) Location: Silver Line Metro (Foggy Bottom to Rosslyn) I was riding the silver line home from DC when a man sat down next to me. There were plenty of seats on the train, but he chose the one next to me. I feel like he chose me because I was busy studying and […]
Location: 14th Street Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) I was sleepily walking to work on 14th Street around 8:45 in the morning before having a cup of coffee, when this man pushing a grocery cart started yelling at me from across the street: “Ma’am! Ma’am! You’re beautiful!” I ignored him, and focused my attention on getting […]
Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) A guy muttered something under his breath as he walked passed me on the street. It turned out we lived in the same building, but he accused me of not living there when I walked in behind him. He called me a “cunt” when I told him I did live […]
Gloria Steinem once wrote, “Self-esteem isn’t everything—it’s just that there’s nothing without it.” The first time I read that quote, it immediately resonated with my experience with street harassment. In particular, it recalls an experience I had when my career was first starting out. I wasn’t great at dressing professionally—it just didn’t come naturally to […]
Location: Bar Time: Late Night (12am-5am) I was out at a bar and a man kept approaching me to dance, grabbing my hand three different times. Even though I directly told him ‘NO’ each time, he wouldn’t go away. It finally took my male friend telling him to leave for this guy to stop bothering […]