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Location: Red line metro, before Brookland Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) A woman approached me and told me that a man was taking a video of my legs with his camera phone. I wore shorts that day; it was hot and I had to push my toddler in his stroller. She told me that he had been filming my […]

Location: Red Line to Shady Grove between Union Station and Judiciary Square Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) On an insanely crowded red line this morning, people insisted on pushing into the car. I was surrounded by men on all sides. The first touch was against the back of my thigh, high enough up under my skirt […]

Location: Red Line (between Metro Center & Chinatown) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was standing on the train. Two men sat down near where I was standing. The man closest to me started talking to me. This was around 6pm on a Friday, so the train car was decently crowded. Man: Can I touch you? Me: […]

  Location: DC Metro; red line to Forest Glen Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) I walked into the elevator and a man waited to (approx. 45-50) follow me in. He looked me up and down three times before pushing the button to go down to the train level. I hurriedly walked to a different end of the […]

Location:  Rhode Island Avenue Metro Station Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) Street harassment of any kind is a daily experience for me, but this incident that happened a few weeks ago was particularly disturbing. I was walking by the Rhode Island Avenue metro station when a man, probably a teenager or in his early 20s, asked if […]