Now I Shower with Power
Letter to Dean of Students
January 20, 1999
Sylvia E. Fishman
Dean of Students and Vice President for Student Affairs
Hunter College Office of Student Services
695 Park Avenue
New York, NY. 10021
Dear Mrs. Fishman,
On Saturday, January 16, between 10:30–11:00 PM, I experienced a violation of my privacy while showering in the Women’s Only bathroom of an All–Female floor. I was rinsing my hair when I saw a shadow in the stall next to me. I assumed someone was about to shower. I continued rinsing my hair, when I noticed the slow movement of the shower curtain in the stall and a change of light. I pulled my head out from the running water, and that was when I saw a man crouched down looking at me from under the shower wall.
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