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Street harassment affects women, regardless of their looks or socioeconomic status. It doesn’t matter how accomplished I am, or how I’m dressed, or how determined I look when I walk down the street. By “AKD” This post was originally written as a Facebook note. My friend asked me, as a woman, to convey the experience […]

Location: Georgia-Ave Petworth Metro Station Time: Day Time (9:30A-3:30P) I was waiting on the metro platform for the greenline to my job in Chinatown one Tuesday morning a few weeks ago. I was propped up against a pillar minding my own business, listening to my ipod when a man approached me. I ignored him and […]

Location: Metro system Time of Harassment: Unknown A man had asked my grandfather for money so he could get onto the subway. We had no change, so we apologized and said no. Minutes later, while stepping into the subway, the same man walked by, and slapped my ass. I can deal with cat-calls, wolf whistles, whatever. It’s […]

I finally spoke up to the “old creepy bus commuter” guy. I’ve noticed him before, when he’d stare at myself and other women, literally stare down, leering, unblinking, unwavering, at the bus stops and in the buses during morning and evening commutes. He’s the guy that leans in too close for comfort and hovers over […]

I’ve started to feel so unsafe in DC (and at the workplace, but that’s another story) that I rarely walk around the neighborhood without my boyfriend anymore. He’s rail-thin and nerdy, but apparently as long as I’m holding hands with a male, other men won’t encroach on my personal space. They still make comments, though […]