Location: Taylor St. & Harewood Rd NE Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) Some guy started trying to talk to me. I was tired so I didn’t respond. He then started yelling, “Fuck you, bitch!” over and over again. Submitted on 3/13/13 by Anonymous Do you have a personal experience with gender-based public sexual harassment or assault? Submit […]
Location: M & South Capitol Street, SE Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) Today, a man came up to me indicating he wanted me to take out my ear buds (I was listening to music.). He lacked front bottom teeth. He first asked if my name was Karen. It is not. He then guessed about three other names and I […]
Reposted with permission from our friends at Stop Street Harassment. CASS & Stop Street Harassment met with WMATA as part of the Huairou Commission‘s Global Day of Action (February 19, 2013), called “Delhi and Beyond: Concrete Actions for Safer Cities.” A total of 50 organizations participated in the Global Day of Action, which aimed to help grassroots women and […]
Location: Whole Foods P St. NW (Logan Circle) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) After yesterdays One Billion Rising rally, I was walking around with a large sign I had gotten there and wanted to bring home. I went to Whole Foods to grab some dinner before meeting up with some friends for an Un-Valentine’s hang out. As […]
Location: Wilson Blvd. outside the Ballston Mall (VA) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was walking down the street on the middle of a Saturday afternoon when a man, walking with another male, said loudly to me, “girl, let’s go make some babies.” I’m ashamed to say I was too stunned to say anything back. The comment wasn’t even […]