Other Women
One of the most upsetting experiences I’ve had with street harassment was actually committed by other women. They were waiting at the bus stop on U St near the McD’s pickup window. There were about 3...
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Want To Get In My Truck?
Photo by Stovak via Flickr I was waiting at the bus stop on a Sunday morning (around 10 a.m.) and I realized that I was at the wrong bus stop after a few minutes. I started to walk away, looking at my...
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I was walking from the bus stop to my house, and I heard someone yelling. All of a sudden this man on a bike rode up behind me and yelled “Oh I wanna take a bite out of that,” and I jumped because I...
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Classic case of a man being terrifying while insisting he isn’t. There was a man waiting at a bus stop as I walked past. As I approached, he turned to face me and started walking backward so he could...
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Three Ways to Report to WMATA
Photo by mymetrostop via flickr We posted this last year but in the spirit of Public Transit Awareness Month, we though we should re-post information about the different ways you can report an incident...
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My Streets, Too: Feminism, the bus stop.
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...
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Sexually harassed at Tenleytown bus stop
Location: Bus stop for the 31/32/34 buses; Wisconsin Ave at Tenleytown Circle Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) I was walking past a bunch of commuters on my way down Wisconsin Avenue around 8:30...
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Street Harassed at the Bus Stop: “I’m not your ‘big momma!'”
Location: Pennsylvania Ave & 8th St SE (Eastern Market) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) On the way to a dinner meeting for work, a man approaches me who is also waiting for the bus. I...
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“I Was Sexually Harassed at the Woodley Park Bus Stop.”
Location: Bus stop at Calvert & Connecticut Ave NW (Woodley Park) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) This was about a year ago. I was awaiting a bus, and a man started to make small talk with me. Somewhere...
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Street Harassed at the Bus Stop: “I Would Have Thrown You Through That Glass...
Location: G8 bus stop at 11 & M Street NW (towards Avondale) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) This happened several years ago. I was sitting in the bus shelter at 11th and M Streets NW in the dark at...
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A “Not In Service” bus filled with people approached the stop this morning (it had a bad sign), and a woman asked me which bus it was. As I answered her question (as best as I could since I was just as...
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My Streets, Too: Feminism, the bus stop.
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...
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Sexually harassed at Tenleytown bus stop
Location: Bus stop for the 31/32/34 buses; Wisconsin Ave at Tenleytown Circle Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) I was walking past a bunch of commuters on my way down Wisconsin Avenue around 8:30...
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Street Harassed at the Bus Stop: “I’m not your ‘big momma!'”
Location: Pennsylvania Ave & 8th St SE (Eastern Market) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) On the way to a dinner meeting for work, a man approaches me who is also waiting for the bus. I...
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“I Was Sexually Harassed at the Woodley Park Bus Stop.”
Location: Bus stop at Calvert & Connecticut Ave NW (Woodley Park) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) This was about a year ago. I was awaiting a bus, and a man started to make small talk with me. Somewhere...
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Street Harassed at the Bus Stop: “I Would Have Thrown You Through That Glass...
Location: G8 bus stop at 11 & M Street NW (towards Avondale) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) This happened several years ago. I was sitting in the bus shelter at 11th and M Streets NW in the dark at...
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