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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Hi,</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p><p><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>A Mansplaining Conference promises to "make women great again" by having men teach them how to be admired by men, get fit, have "unlimited babies" and reject "unhealthy militant feminism." Really.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>It sounds like a joke, right? But the scary thing is that the conference organizers are 100% serious. The conference was started by a man who identifies as a leader of the "Manosphere," a collection of ultra-sexist blogs and social media platforms often associated with the alt-right.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The Manosphere claims that the world is biased against men and spreads misogynist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist, and fat-shaming messages, using Reddit as its online home base.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Some of these men even believe that women want to be raped. And that survivors of domestic violence belong in prison. Disgusting.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Reddit has shown that it will listen to complaints about sexist and violent pages on its site. It already placed content warnings on some of the most vile Manosphere pages in response to a public outcry. It even shut down one men’s rights group for inciting violence against women after a petition and negative publicity.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>With enough petition signatures from UltraViolet members and our allies, we can force Reddit to shut down the sexist sites behind the Manosphere and stop the spread of violent misogyny. Will you join me and sign the petition too?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>