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Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) Location: Between McPherson Sq and Metro Center I’m 5 months pregnant and was happy to find one empty seat on the metro train. I sat down next to a man who promptly started rubbing himself over his jeans. Submitted 11/23/16 by “BL” Do you have a personal experience with public harassment […]
Location: Orange Line – Rosslyn, Virginia Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I was taking the New Carrollton train home and a man sat down next to me. I had worked late, and I normally prefer to sit alone anyways, so I was already tense. The man mumbled something about the train and red line, so I told him it […]
Location: Orange Line between Foggy Bottom and Capitol South Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was heading home from campus, seated on the metro near a window, and reading. A man sat next to me and reached down – between my legs – to retrieve something that was on the floor near my feet. It was an old luggage […]
Location: Metro train – Orange Line towards Vienna Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was heading to the grocery store on my day off around 2 pm. I got on the train with myumbrella (sic) and purse, sitting in my spot of choice which is usually right where the chair behind me doesn’t face the same direction (I have had a bad experience with a […]