I was on a bus going by the corner of 15 and U Streets. As it waited for passengers to unload and load, I saw a man standing near the corner but not at the stop, ogling women as they walked past. As far as I could tell, he wasn’t saying anything. But as women caught his eye, he was not at all shy about touching his crotch through his pants and smiling wider, as if delighted to find he was aroused.
This is him on the right:
Location: 15th & U
Submitted by Mazzie
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Categories: U Street
Tagged: Bus Station, street harassment
Photo by Aaron Escobar via Flickr
The name of Rhode Island Avenue Metro Station needs to be changed into “Harassment Island Metro Station,” because walking through it to get to the train platform is a gauntlet of harassment.
Yesterday, I was walking through it and this creepy guy sidles past me and says “Hey, mama!” Ew! I told him that’s not how you talk to women, and he just kept alternating between smirking and befuddlement. I don’t know if it was because he didn’t care that he made a pass at me or what.
Today, same time, same location, I walked past this creep who was sitting with a woman. He starts shouting “HEY!” at me. You’d think he was across the street from me the way he was yelling, but no, I was maybe two feet from him, at most. His female friend just stares at me. He then starts yelling “HEY!” again. I refused to give them any time of day and continued to stare straight ahead of me and I kept walking. He mumbles something under his breath when he finally realized I was ignoring him.
It’s bad enough my job is stressful, I don’t need the commute there to be!
Submitted by Anonymous
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Categories: Metro · Rhode Island Ave Metro · WMATA
Tagged: street harassment
