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But the group has stayed incredibly civil, thoughtful, and respectful. You’d think, that with an enormous group of women ranging in age from 18 to 76, things would get tense or fights would break out. We’ve put together a list of guidelines for the group, but the most basic one is this: Don’t be a jerk.

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And in doing so, members are free to do one very simple thing that can be surprisingly hard and even dangerous in today’s political climate: express themselves. What started on a whim has now become something bigger than we ever expected: a place women (cis, trans, genderqueer, and non-binary) can discuss Hillary Clinton and champion the issues that are important to them.

And today, with less than a week to go until the election, our little group is now bursting at 5,899 members from every state in America, as well as expats living abroad. It turned out Tara and I knew a lot of women who needed a similar space, because within an hour, we had 100 members. Within 15 minutes my friend Tara, an Arkansas native, replied, “I'll start one right now.” And just like that, our secret, all-women, #WithHer Facebook group was born. In a fit of rage, I posted this on my wall: “Please invite me to your secret all-women/women identified Hillary Facebook groups, I can't deal with the dudes I'm experiencing today.” I needed the online equivalent of an all-woman book club, where the only books we read were Stronger Together and It Takes a Village. All I wanted was place to shout my love for Hillary Clinton without having to defend it or have it mansplained back to me. Months of getting trolled, dragged, lectured, and chastised by men of all political affiliations had finally worn me to my breaking point. This interaction was particularly irritating, but it was not unusual during the primary season. We went back and forth for a while, until I quit the group in a huff. We were both members of a secret, pro-Hillary Facebook group, where he’d posted about female Bernie supporters being “self-hating, crazy cat ladies.” I called him out for being sexist, and in a group created to support a woman candidate, no less! He, of course, thought it was hilarious, and - as more guys joined in to mock female Bernie supporters - told me I was overreacting and should lighten up. It was June 2016, and I had spent the morning on the social media site, locked in a comment battle with a fellow Hillary supporter.

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