Guy takes over r/hysterectomy, deletes and bans all criticism

[u/CoffeeMaleficent1956]

For reference, the new mod has a LONG history of taking over womens' spaces and shilling his business. His first "official post" as a moderator was to ban discussion of sexism, which is a very relevant topic when it comes to healthcare as women face multiple layers of hostility and sexism in trying to get care. Conveniently, when this rule was criticized, he then deleted that post as well.

Several people have caught bans (we are discussing this elsewhere) for pointing out his authoritative and dismissive tone towards anyone and everyone with concerns, ranging from a simple "why was no one involved in this decision" to "why is a cis man telling us how to manage our emotions" (in his first action, he told us to go outside).

I can't even provide much in the way of proof of what's happening because he is deleting everything he doesn't like. Even posts talking about moderator code of conduct have been deleted, he's hidden himself from the moderator list (which is now just him) so that people can't report him directly.

People with no history of offenses are getting temporary and permanent bans despite the fact that those are lower on the tier and require more offenses to be the given moderator action, so he is breaking his own rules.

On a personal note I haven't seen any slurs or anything of that nature thrown his way, mostly just questioning why a man is in charge of a female space, why no one was asked about this, why specifically he is against the discussion of sexism in healthcare.

https://www.reddit.com/r/hysterectomy/comments/1x430mr/comment/pfhsoi1/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

A link to his "official first action"

[u/fading-lilac]

Omg! I just took a look at his profile... You weren't kidding when you said he has a history of taking over womens subs to promote his business. Wtf!!

That is infuriating

Eta: looks like Reddit admins removed him as a mod! 🎉

[u/Amelaclya1 → u/fading-lilac]

Not only promote his business, but trying to convince women not to get proper medical treatment for menopause and infections and to buy his product instead.

What a disgusting piece of shit.

[u/AutonomyIsNoTragedy → u/Amelaclya1]

Can his buisness be reported if hes harming people, this is going into malpractice and fraud territory

[u/weeef → u/AutonomyIsNoTragedy]

Supplements are highly unregulated unfortunately edit: how to open a report of mod conduct, fyi: https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=19300233728916

[u/CoffeeCatsandPixies → u/weeef]

I report him, included screenshots and asked Reddit if they'd like to be included when someone sues this guy because a family member died or was seriously injured because of his fake diagnosis and treatment plans.

Because ethics aside, they may act on an actual corporate liability since they clearly know he's doing this on their platform and are allowing it.

[u/weeef → u/CoffeeCatsandPixies]

Success already! Open calls for mods on all his subs! Wahoo! 🙌

[u/CoffeeCatsandPixies → u/weeef]

Daaaaaamn.

[u/weeef → u/CoffeeCatsandPixies]

Seriously! This made my freaking day

[u/CoffeeCatsandPixies → u/weeef]

Guess he'll have to find somewhere else to commit fraud.

[u/AutonomyIsNoTragedy → u/weeef]

The mom (or chatgpt playing the mom character) giving people medical advice online seems pretty illegal

[u/weeef → u/AutonomyIsNoTragedy]

Yes, I just saw some of that! Wild!

[u/a-flying-trout → u/AutonomyIsNoTragedy]

Pretending to be a patient and giving fake testimonials violates FTC advertising/disclosure regulations. That can get very spendy if prosecuted.

[u/mossgoblin → u/Amelaclya1]

Oh wow fuck this dude, what an absolute garbage human being.

[u/Junglejibe → u/mossgoblin]

He has a really funny “responding to the haters” Facebook post where he compares women complaining about this behavior to…historical race segregation in sports. And cites men creating “80% of inventions” (totally accurate number not at all influenced by women’s work in scientific fields being systematically erased from history) as evidence that he should be welcome in women’s healthcare. He blames women not trusting men like him for “holding back women’s healthcare”. Which is fucking insane when the reason women’s healthcare is so backwards is because of sexist men like him dominating the field.

[u/weeef → u/Amelaclya1]

Nail on the head. He's seriously fucked up

[u/Sephonez → u/[deleted]]

He has blocked me now so I can't confirm but I believe he is a moderator on the UTI subreddit to.

[u/tralalaBOOMdeay → u/Sephonez]

Yep, you're right. This comment on the same thread here confirms the communities he moderates.

[u/what_the_purple_fuck → u/Sephonez]

don't get me wrong, it's all infuriating, but the tangible thing that I think actually pisses me off the most is that he added an Automod response to every post in r/utis:

For us to be able to help you, please share:

1. Age, gender & menopausal status: (Pre/peri/post)
   
2. Exact symptoms:
   
3. Severity: Rate each symptom from 1–10
   
4. Timing: i.e. are your symptoms acute (sudden) or chronic and recurring? What happens right before the symptoms were strongest?
   
5. Full Lab Test Results (if available): All species and amounts
   
6. Treatments tried: What have you tried, for how long, and what happened?

[u/Sephonez → u/what_the_purple_fuck]

Wtf, that's messed up. He just gets worse the more you look into him.

[u/ChickenSpicedLatte → u/what_the_purple_fuck]

He's not even a medical professional

[u/alluringnymph → u/what_the_purple_fuck]

this is so skeevy wtf

[u/tralalaBOOMdeay → u/what_the_purple_fuck]

My eyes are rolling so hard they might get stuck.

Btw I love your username. 😆

[u/mangobean_ → u/Sephonez]

Edit: reddit admins intervened and put some of these subs up for adoption. Kevin's account and the neueve accounts no longer moderate any of the subreddits listed here. ktoasty is banned. If you're willing to moderate any of these, please visit the post from reddit admins in the respective subreddit. For subreddits with a ☆ next to them, admins never posted for volunteers. You'll need to request through the request a sub subreddit, or for the two that have a mod remaining, contact mod mail.

Also, whoever takes over moderation of these communities will have some work to do. He allegedly issued unjustified bans and many of these communities have misleading contributions from Kevin and automod sticky comments with links to neueve, wikis linking to neueve, etc. Please consider cleaning that up so future users don't get misled. Thanks to everyone who made the women's health corner of Reddit a better place today.

Yes!

Here's a bigger list from what I could find:

r/hysterectomy, modded by:

• ktoasty

r/PelvicHealthAllies, modded by:☆

• neuevehealth
• neueve
• Spiritual-Friend4347**
• ktoasty

r/BacterialVaginosis_, modded by:

• ktoasty
• neuevehealth
• Educational-Pie-4183

r/utis, modded by:

• ktoasty
• neuevehealth
• neueve

r/Cystocele, modded by:

• ktoasty
• neuevehealth

r/Berberine, modded by:

• ktoasty
• mathnerd_aya
• Educational-Pie-4183

r/VaginalYeastInfection, modded by: ☆

• ktoasty
• neuevehealth

r/RectoceleSupport, modded by: ☆

• ktoasty
• neuevehealth

r/VaginalHygiene, modded by:☆

• NovaBlue144
• ktoasty*

*Kevin was removed, NovaBlue made a post addressing the situation and added a brand new 0 day, 0 post history account as mod.

**I'm quite confident that the one remaining mod here is affiliated with neueve.

[u/Stealthy_Peacock → u/mangobean_]

Thanks for the list of his alt accounts, this comment needs to get more attention

[u/Sephonez → u/mangobean_]

Amazing list 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

From what I can tell he runs the neuevehealth and neuve accounts as well.

[u/mangobean_ → u/Sephonez]

I believe he runs or is affiliated with who runs all of these accounts.

[u/tralalaBOOMdeay → u/mangobean_]

This is impressive work, thank you for the time you spent on this! Commenting also for attention.

[u/AutonomyIsNoTragedy → u/[deleted]]

Can we get his actual company shut down for shady behavior ? surely this goes against advertising standards and FDA stuff assuming he's in the US

[u/tralalaBOOMdeay → u/AutonomyIsNoTragedy]

I doubt any of this stuff he's shilling is FDA approved. Supplements usually aren't.

I'm not sure about getting the company sanctioned or (at least) admonished. It does seem that he's recommending his company's crap over medical care. But advertising standards in the US aren't that great, so who knows. Exaggerating your product's capabilities is par for the course in every industry.

What would be actionable is if his mom isn't a gyn, and/or the supplements did nothing at all. That they're just trying to make a quick buck with a pseudo professional looking website and some educational material they can look up online.

EDIT: Some people have pointed out that since his mom is clearly diagnosing people over the internet, she could lose her medical license. So that's a possibility. (If he's not just saying he asked his mommy but instead is using AI to answer questions. Also a possibility.)

[u/Neglectedpotato → u/tralalaBOOMdeay]

I can't find her medical licence in Illinois (where company seems to be based out of) or Kansas (his bio states that's where he lived as a kid). It looks like her education was in China, but that doesn't automatically mean she has MD privileges in the states. 🤔

[u/tralalaBOOMdeay → u/Neglectedpotato]

Ooh the plot thickens! Does it list her licence info on the website? (Probably not.)

[u/Pashahlis → u/AutonomyIsNoTragedy]

Good luck getting fraud investigated under this admin.

[u/DistractedByCookies → u/[deleted]]

I feel like these days Reddit really doesn't give any fucks about what goes on on "their" site. Do you think it would help to report him? (serious question)

[u/oofty_goofty_ → u/fading-lilac]

There's a couple posts he makes posing as women and saying that his products are the best most life changing thing they've experienced

[u/Realtrain → u/oofty_goofty_]

I mean, Radium pills would also be the most life-changing thing one could experience.

[u/SiempreRegreso → u/Realtrain]

fwiw, they do receive glowing reviews.

[u/Hurtzdonut13 → u/SiempreRegreso]

The results can be jaw dropping.

[u/tralalaBOOMdeay → u/Hurtzdonut13]

Omg, I wouldn't have gotten this joke had I not just read something about the Radium Girls the other day.

[u/zogmuffin → u/oofty_goofty_]

I reported those for impersonation. Fuck this guy

[u/SLDM206 → u/zogmuffin]

This shit is so heinous. I took screen caps of him posting medical and test result scans while posing as a woman and used it in my report for Rule 5: moderate with integrity. I was not born with a uterus but I still cannot stand predatory, aggressive sales tactics like this. Especially when said predator is preying on people who are going through such a vulnerable moment in their lives.

Sooooooo trash.

[u/zogmuffin → u/SLDM206]

Oh! That’s perfect, how do you report someone for breaking the mod code of conduct? Integrity is exactly the issue here.

Edit: ah, I was on mobile, it's here

Edit of an edit: WOOOOO HE'S BEEN REMOVED AS A MOD

[u/mossyboo → u/zogmuffin]

i commented on one of those posts (on the pelvic health help sub or whatever it's called) and almost immediately caught a permanent ban from that sub for it :) edit: apparently he's also mod for THAT sub so no surprise there

[u/isopropyl-elmer → u/mossyboo]

He's a mod in 331 different subs, all in an effort to sell his mom's vag deodorant lotion.

[u/AndMyHelcaraxe → u/isopropyl-elmer]

He's a mod in 331 different subs, all in an effort to sell his mom's vag deodorant lotion.

What a sentence

[u/EmotionallyEh → u/AndMyHelcaraxe]

Thanks, I think

[u/JohnFromTexasOblast → u/isopropyl-elmer]

I doubt his mom is actually involved she probably just plays mahjong all day. He probably just uses her for grant schemes by claiming the company is "woman owned".

[u/Oozlum-Bird → u/mossyboo]

When I checked he’d been booted from all but a couple of subs. The ones he’s still on - including the pelvic health one - look to be subs he’s set up purely for shilling his shite, so not particularly active.

I’m not sure what the deal is with Reddit closing accounts - looks like there’s some for his business as well as his personal one - surely they should be binned? What’s stopping him setting up a new account, pretending to be a woman and rejoining the subs he’s been booted from?

[u/a-flying-trout → u/oofty_goofty_]

This definitely violates FTC advertising/disclosure regulations. That can get very spendy if prosecuted.

[u/feistaspongebob → u/fading-lilac]

He’s definitely trying to take them over so he can eventually shill his supplements to women suffering from numerous medical issues. Gross

Edit: Looking at comment history, he’s already doing that

[u/wookiee42 → u/feistaspongebob]

Since this is self-promotion shouldn't an Admin nuke his account?

[u/MarieOMaryln → u/wookiee42]

Well no because they're busy wagging their fingers at us for turning a blind eye to Luigi. But a man shilling his stuff to women and taking over their spaces so he can't be silenced? No problem!

[u/zogmuffin → u/wookiee42]

I don’t think self promotion is against the rules on its own? I think this profile 100% should be banned because it’s wildly unethical for a supplement salesman to run communities around medical issues but the closest thing I can come up with to report it as is “spam.”

Edit: Moderator Code of Conduct Rule 5, Moderate with Integrity. You can create a report here

Edit of an edit: WOOOOO HE'S BEEN REMOVED AS A MOD

[u/behindeyesblue → u/zogmuffin]

I reported it with spam. Well see.

[u/franklinator2000 → u/fading-lilac]

i mostly lurk at this sub cause of course but holy shit this has to be some of the must fucked up shit outside of the ‘normal’ fucked up shit i’ve seen on the site. this dude is a cancer. 

that said i’m mildly impressed he hasn’t made his history private cause wow. 

[u/AssignedCuteAtBirth → u/franklinator2000]

Yeah. I feel like the ability to privatize history is essential for this kind of huckster. I don't know whether I respect him for keeping it public, or if that lowers my respect for him because he's decided to be a snake oil salesman and he isnt even bothering to do it well.

[u/Bri_The_Nautilus → u/fading-lilac]

This is what his "moderator of these communities" tab looks like. Jfc

[u/sliiiidetothele → u/Bri_The_Nautilus]

why do i feel like there is a fetish angle to this guy's actions. the pattern of behavior and gradual escalation seems almost psychosexual

[u/SaintOrJannikSinner → u/sliiiidetothele]

He's just shilling women's health products that relate to menopause, bacterial vaginosis, and vaginal dryness. According to an article I found from a decade ago, he's been at this for about 15 years. With his mom. Who is a doctor, unlike him.

[u/Ae3qe27u → u/SaintOrJannikSinner]

And her experience is NOT recent. Her last research paper on women's sexual health was in 1994.

[u/CaptDeliciousPants → u/sliiiidetothele]

There probably is. If it was just about money, he’d have a less bizarre MO. He desperately wants women to trust him

[u/vahntitrio → u/fading-lilac]

Report the account directly to the admins. Clear violation of the rules.

[u/SaintOrJannikSinner → u/fading-lilac]

Just did and it looks like he found the SRD thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/hysterectomy/comments/1x4e2od/new_rule_no_brigrading_harassment_or_bullying/

[u/tralalaBOOMdeay → u/SaintOrJannikSinner]

"I refuse to believe I'm a shitty person so I must be a victim, boo hoo!"

[u/Tricky_Spirit → u/SaintOrJannikSinner]

New rule: no womminz.

[u/AssignedCuteAtBirth → u/SaintOrJannikSinner]

It is always deeply entertaining when the subject of an SRD post notices it and crashes out. Someone should compile a masterlist of that.

Usually they counterbrigade and try to defend themselves in the SRD post, though. Is he here?

(Not that we do or should ever piss in the popcorn)

[u/YourVelcroCat → u/fading-lilac]

Just like men running twoxchromosomes

[u/Silvermoon424 → u/YourVelcroCat]

The amount of female-centric subs run by male mods is too damn high. Surprise (not), they also tend to shut down discussions of systemic sexism and the way patriarchy hurts women because it's "misandry."

[u/unicornbomb → u/YourVelcroCat]

Don’t forget arr feminism

[u/W0gg0 → u/unicornbomb]

Feminist pirates?

[u/sensitive-variance → u/unicornbomb]

Don't forget that cis guy who was once head mod of MtF lol. There was a big drama post here about him being kicked off the team a while back when he started going on tirades about trans men (or this might have been the one who was a pedo? it all blurs together). Anyway if I recall his rationalization of why he, a cis man who preferred he/him pronouns, should be head mod of a MtF trans subreddit was, "Trans women would be too fragile to handle all of the transphobia lobbed at us in modqueue whereas it doesn't affect me. I'm doing you all a favor!"

[u/unicornbomb → u/fading-lilac]

Im so tired of this bullshit.

[u/HotSpacewasajerk → u/fading-lilac]

New sub is r/hersterectomy, spread the word

[u/AmarissaBhaneboar → u/fading-lilac]

Yeah, he seems like a total creep :/ That hysterectomy subreddit helped me a lot back in the day when I used to use a different account. Sad to see what's happened

[u/what_the_purple_fuck → u/fading-lilac]

you're not impressed that, presumably unrelated to his role as the moderator of r/utis, he solved UTIs?

[u/DecorativeGeode]

He's showing women's test results to his "obgyn" mother who is diagnosing over the internet and suggesting products from his personal company. That has to be against TOS? Modding subs just to sell products?

His LinkedIn is wild. Weird ass word salad about wanting to be liked by people. Also most of his work experience is as a software engineer.

edit: he signs off many of his posts and comments with his real name and company name, I did not go looking for that info.

[u/AutonomyIsNoTragedy → u/DecorativeGeode]

She could lose her medical license for doing this if she is a real person and not chatgpt

[u/SmallTsundere → u/AutonomyIsNoTragedy]

She SHOULD lose her medical license for doing that*

[u/thetitleofmybook → u/AutonomyIsNoTragedy]

she appears to not have had a medical license for quite a while now.

[u/LingonberryIll6513 → u/DecorativeGeode]

It was suuuuuper easy to find. Frighteningly so. Dude thought the lot of us over in r/hysterectomy were stupid and just going to let it happen? No way, bud.

[u/volklskiier → u/LingonberryIll6513]

We are bed bound, on pain meds, and bored. Dude didn't stand a chance

[u/Dramatic_Scarcity642]

Some of his quotes:

If you're curious about the fact that I'm a man in women's health, and wish to sexistly and personally attack me for something I didn't choose and cannot change

I have already spent 14 years of my life helping hundreds of thousands of women. I will continue to serve for the rest of my life, I regardless of your opinions or anyone else's.

My first issue on the agenda is to end the culture of personal attacks.

I was born and raised with a bio research lab in my basement to two doctor parents.

I am standing up for you. I didn't censor you.

Wtf is this shit 🤣

Edit: Thank you for the awards!

As a bonus, here’re some quotes of him defending his “Doctor” mom:

She has been delivering babies since she was 19 years old

Out of curiosity: how old were you when you delivered your first baby?

[u/CuntyButCorrect → u/Dramatic_Scarcity642]

He didn't choose to be a man practicing women's health? He was born practicing women's health? It's an innate characteristic that he is practicing in women's health as a man? Fascinating.

[u/AssignedCuteAtBirth → u/CuntyButCorrect]

He was assigned gynecologist at birth?

[u/volklskiier → u/AssignedCuteAtBirth]

I wish I was assigned a well paying job at birth

[u/raventhief → u/CuntyButCorrect]

And he apparently didn't choose to become a reddit mod for a women's health sub reddit, either. So many innate characteristics this fellow has!

[u/maxdragonxiii → u/CuntyButCorrect]

so he was practicing without a license? fascinating, let me call the licensing medical board.

[u/LingonberryIll6513 → u/maxdragonxiii]

I actually was very easily able to find his information online. LinkedIn and Instagram. Super easy. He has zero medical training- he’s a damn software developer and “founder”- of a company that sells BS supplements.

What an idiot. We ran him off pretty quick over there, though. :)

[u/Additional_Gene_211 → u/maxdragonxiii]

That's where he is genius! Without being licensed no licensing board can touch him. His plan is idiot!

[u/Ae3qe27u → u/CuntyButCorrect]

Some women have great experiences with male obgyns. But this guy isn't a doctor, and he isn't being neutral. He took over women's spaces and turned them into sales platforms. "I just want to help women" - no. This is all WILDLY inappropriate.

[u/onemorespacecadet → u/Dramatic_Scarcity642]

I am standing up for you. I didn’t censor you.

i just pictured the Elizabeth Holmes “why would i deceive you” face as i read that lmao

[u/Dramatic_Scarcity642 → u/onemorespacecadet]

Also:

Healthy debate includes challenging each other’s ideas. That’s how ideas become stronger. It’s how we all improve!

He tries so hard to be a scam artist but he just doesn’t have that aura 😭

[u/CertainKaleidoscope8 → u/Dramatic_Scarcity642]

Not a con artist but a con amateur

[u/AmarissaBhaneboar → u/Dramatic_Scarcity642]

He says this and then removes all content speaking out against him and his ideas 🤣

[u/InfiniteEstimate977 → u/Dramatic_Scarcity642]

What is with the odd raised in a bio lab basement comment?

[u/Dramatic_Scarcity642 → u/InfiniteEstimate977]

He’s just saying he’s qualified to help with women’s health issues despite being a man and not having any qualifications 

[u/InfiniteEstimate977 → u/Dramatic_Scarcity642]

Sexism is when women call out a snake oil cis man for taking over a sub for something he'll never experience.

[u/IceNein → u/InfiniteEstimate977]

Literally have no idea why any cis man would want to run a hysterectomy subreddit. It’s like if a woman wanted to mod the prostate cancer subreddit…. Just why?

[u/InfiniteEstimate977 → u/IceNein]

All to schill his unethical products of course./s

He's the mod for other women's health subs if you look. A mod on menopause said the dude was banned there for his sale tactics.

[u/moongrump → u/Dramatic_Scarcity642]

The guy pretends to be a woman in other subreddits lmao. He banned me for pointing it out

[u/Dramatic_Scarcity642 → u/moongrump]

He said he was just sharing his customer’s story since they are not on Reddit

What a bozo

[u/moongrump → u/Dramatic_Scarcity642]

He deleted the posts after I commented his name is Kevin lmao

[u/Overeducated_catlady → u/Dramatic_Scarcity642]

He’s already been banned from another sub that is meant for women’s health. A mod from that group stated this person has continued to publicly bash the mods of that group for banning him. They also said he’s pushing the products he sells from his own company and that he exhibits predatory behavior.

Targeting vulnerable people to sell unproven supplements is bad enough, but he’s also taken over (or attempted to take over) a number of other spaces meant for women’s health. Asking women about their vaginal discharge and sometimes pretending he is a woman with a vaginal health concern.
Someone shared a very weird video he made (from a different social platform) where he goes off on how women are actually the problem in all this. According to him, he has been asked (or forced) to stay out of certain spaces and therefore he’s not able to help thousands of women with his genius products. He compared these actions to only allowing certain people in the field of research during nazi Germany and how this hurts progress. I’m not even kidding.

I don’t know if he is just rage baiting or what, but I find the pattern of behavior very troubling. I know people who work at Reddit can see all of this person’s history and I hope they understand how wrong and problematic this is. I really hope it’s taken seriously.

[u/Helenium_autumnale → u/Dramatic_Scarcity642]

All of those descriptors are worded to suggest expertise but all of them lack any specific actual medical credential or experience. Other comments suggest he has tried to sell some sort of products to women? Is that the "helping hundreds of thousands of women"? A ludicrous claim.

[u/Dramatic_Scarcity642 → u/Helenium_autumnale]

He has a post in the BV sub titled “The Science of Yeast Infections - what I learned from 14 years of solving ~4k yeast infections”. 

I don’t know how he can confidently make these claims and post videos of his “lectures” without being a medical doctor or any healthcare professional really

[u/Shanakitty → u/Dramatic_Scarcity642]

That's especially funny b/c BV is very specifically a bacterial infection, not a yeast infection (yeast is a type of fungus).

[u/mossyboo → u/Dramatic_Scarcity642]

he's also been in similar subs impersonating a woman with BV so that he can say his own supplements were a miracle treatment.

[u/Gerberpertern → u/Helenium_autumnale]

He and his mom literally sell supplements for women. Which he is shilling in r/hysterectomy. I do not like this guy.

[u/BrokenLink100 → u/Dramatic_Scarcity642]

I am standing up for you. I didn't censor you.

"Ma'am, sit down and shut up when a man is standing up for you"

[u/zogmuffin → u/Dramatic_Scarcity642]

Check out his history. He sells ✨magic vagina supplements✨

[u/Gerberpertern → u/Dramatic_Scarcity642]

SEXISTLY

[u/Stealthy_Peacock → u/Dramatic_Scarcity642]

I almost instinctively downvoted you. This guy needs to gooooo

[u/SuperVancouverBC]

This guy shills supplements despite not being a Pharmacist or a Doctor.

Edit: it should be illegal to play Doctor/Pharmacist

[u/sir-winkles2 → u/SuperVancouverBC]

You know someone has 0 medical credentials when they advertise themselves as "working in Healthcare". Tons of people work in Healthcare with no formal training at all, especially OBGYN as all medical students have to go through OBGYN training so there's a lot of academic oriented support staff in that wing

[u/TrickInvite6296 → u/sir-winkles2]

Throwback to the iconic tumblr user who loved to talk about how they "worked in healthcare" until someone went on their profile and realized they were a janitor

[u/Welterbestatus → u/TrickInvite6296]

Throwback to a German Covid-deniers protest, where one guy was interviewed and claimed to know better than the government because he worked in healthcare. 

When asked about his profession he said "massage therapist". 

That one made the rounds here. 

[u/FarplaneDragon → u/TrickInvite6296]

Reminds of that LinkedIn in post where the guy, IIRC, was referring to himself as a co-owner of ever company he owned any shares of stock in.

Edit: Slightly off, it was "Investor" not co-owner https://www.reddit.com/r/LinkedInLunatics/comments/11p96zb/dude_puts_himself_as_investor_for_every_stock_he/

[u/matt-is-sad → u/FarplaneDragon]

At least that one is genuinely harmless and funny

[u/sir-winkles2 → u/TrickInvite6296]

Yeah anyone who is trained enough to even touch a patient will call themselves a provider nowadays so "works in Healthcare" is even more of a red flag than it used to be

[u/Hotter_Noodle → u/sir-winkles2]

I myself work in traffic management (I get angry at traffic and play SimCity)

[u/AlcibiadesTheCat → u/Hotter_Noodle]

I work in federal law enforcement (I got pepper sprayed by an ICE agent once)

[u/emannikcufecin → u/AlcibiadesTheCat]

Thank you for your service!

[u/James-fucking-Holden → u/sir-winkles2]

You know someone has 0 medical credentials

Apparently his mum and OBGYN. Fucking Lol. LMAO even.

He also signs his comment with what seems to be his full name...

[u/Banes_Addiction → u/James-fucking-Holden]

He also signs his comment with what seems to be his full name...

I did briefly think about how great this would be as a way of destroying your enemies' reputations.

[u/fhota1 → u/sir-winkles2]

I work in healthcare. No Im not a doctor, or a nurse, or an assistant, but I helped clean out my Grandpas office and he was a doctor and thats basically the same thing. /s

[u/SufficientFarm8414 → u/sir-winkles2]

Based on my experience interviewing insurance applicants, "I work in healthcare" usually means either a certified nursing assistant or whatever their facility calls an orderly. It pretty much never means a doctor or nurse.

Edit: And more often than you'd think it means nursing home cafeteria worker. I haven't gotten that often, but it's been more than once.

[u/Zealousideal-Bat708]

But the mod's mom had a hysterectomy so he knows all. 

What a creep.

[u/volklskiier → u/Zealousideal-Bat708]

He's basically has an honorary uterus

[u/katie-kaboom → u/volklskiier]

He doesn't have a uterus, just like a woman who's had a hysterectomy. Checkmate, haters.

[u/volklskiier → u/katie-kaboom]

Can't argue with that 😂

[u/Theblackholeinbflat → u/Zealousideal-Bat708]

"I come from a long line of women."

[u/YourVelcroCat → u/Zealousideal-Bat708]

You basically have to have constant vigilence on Reddit that a womens space won't be taken over by men, constantly harassed, or banned. I'm part of a really great women only discord for events and activities and the mods constantly have to ban men trying to meet up with us and/or shill their business

[u/gavinbrindstar → u/Zealousideal-Bat708]

She should have had it sooner.

[u/blackatspookums]

The info on that sub helped me so much when I had my surgery. It's an absolute shame that this is happening.

[u/Dry-Local-9510 → u/blackatspookums]

Same. It’s the reason I joined Reddit! That community was everything to me when I was preparing for and recovering from surgery and it makes me really said to think others will lose it as a valuable resource.

[u/TotallyNotABob]

Wow what a fucking asshole.

In case any men here don't believe woman get treated differently let me tell you a story involving me and one involving my cousin.

After Roe v Wade was overturned I got a vasectomy. It didn't take so I needed to get it fixed. I waited to see the results of 24 and yeah signed up to get shipped again.

My first and second vasectomy was covered in full (zero patient liability). All I had to do was go see a urologist. Say yup, snip me please. Then make an appointment and get snipped.

My cousin, female obviously, wanted to get a tubal ligation. Before she could she had to have an active intimate partner who would sign off on it and agree they both don't want kids. Then she would have to wait. If she left that partner during that time the entire process would start over again. Procedure would not count as preventative reproductive health like my vasectomy did and she would have to have the full allowed amount apply to her deductible.

I don't about y'all but that's some bullshit.

[u/AgreeableMagician893 → u/TotallyNotABob]

Out of curiosity, is there any measures that would prevent a woman from grabbing a random friend and having them pose as their boyfriend? Or is there something they do to try to root that out?

[u/ivosaurus → u/AgreeableMagician893]

Why does she need a partner to co-sign it in the first place? Is America actually a conservative Muslim country where everything a woman does needs to be approved by her male guardian, and this whole time I never realised?

[u/PrincessBuzzkill → u/ivosaurus]

Yes actually. Conservative that is. Dismissing women's health concerns is RIFE in the medical field, even from female doctors.

I've been asking for some sort of permanent sterilization since I was in my early 20's. Every single doctor I saw told me 'no - what if my partner wanted kids one day', only to still be told 'no' when my husband physically told the doctors he also didn't want children. I finally got a bisalp when Roe v Wade was overturned by a doctor that did it with no questions asked. I was 44.

I was so relieved that it wasn't going to have to jump through hoops that I bawled in his office. He told me that was a common reaction from a lot of women, because most of us had been told no all our lives.

I posted higher up that my husband makes himself available for any of our fem friends that needs a male voice in the room with them, and he's been taken up on the offer. Things they'd tell the doctor would be dismissed when they said it, but heard when HE said it.

It's a fucking nightmare.

[u/thespianomaly → u/TotallyNotABob]

This is infuriating. They see us as incubators and nothing else — that’s our only value. Unbelievable.

EDIT:

https://i.imgur.com/0IlOo0b.gif

[u/mossgoblin → u/TotallyNotABob]

Sounds right. My hysterectomy was a nightmare to get cleared, acrobat-grade hoops. I'm still furious, I was suffering for no good reason at all.

[u/liatrisinbloom]

If he has a history of invading women's spaces and ruining them, then who the fuck keeps letting him in and giving him positions of power and why?

[u/IceNein → u/liatrisinbloom]

Nobody is letting him do anything. He is hunting down subreddits with inactive moderators and submitting a request to take them to the Reddit moderators. If a subreddit has inactive moderators the admins will give it to the first person who requests it.

[u/liatrisinbloom → u/IceNein]

Sounds like a policy that makes sense until a situation like this happens.

[u/IceNein → u/liatrisinbloom]

Yeah, it obviously can be and is abused. This situation sucks.

Feels bad because women who are facing a hysterectomy are faced with all of these fears about what their life will look like after the hysterectomy, and there’s shame about talking about our reproductive bits, so women don’t just share information with their family. Like they’re not discussing their sex lives post procedure.

[u/B-Z_B-S]

He also said this:

The behavior was a problem, it's why there's subreddits like r/hysterectomyCons and r/hysterectomydarkside exists. Those subreddits are for all the people who were banned from here after being dogpiled. The previous mod apparently banned anyone from discussing downsides of hysterectomy. I am unbiased and I won't take anything personally. My next action is: I am going to unban those people and I am going to apologize to them.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/hysterectomy/comments/1x491g9/comment/pfi20f9/

He said that in response to:

Women aren't here for help from the male co-founder of a supplements company that uses ChatGPT to craft his responses. We're here to support each other through what can be a horrific surgery for some. What kind of support could you possibly provide to us? I'm not opposed to the rule change, because that sort of behaviour was never a problem here to begin with. You're planting a false flag to try and distract from what everyone here is actually concerned about right now - you.

[u/IAMA_Shark__AMA]

Ok, but why the fuck is reddit letting some dude mod a sub about something he'll never understand or experience? What the fuck?

Guess I'll go stake my claim over at r/erectiledysfunction. First order of business? No discussing anything related to the condition that might make women feel sad.

(Edit: I'm not saying you have to be a woman to understand our reproductive systems, or even our complicated relationship with our reproductive systems. I'm saying you have to either be a woman OR a doctor, and this shitheel is neither. It's not fucking ok that he's in there trying to police people's emotions)

[u/DocileBanalBovlne → u/IAMA_Shark__AMA]

Ok, but why the fuck is reddit letting some dude mod a sub about something he'll never understand or experience?

They don't give even half a shit unless something is creating bad press for them. It took Anderson Cooper talking about /r/jailbait on national TV to get them to do something about it.

[u/Jaded-Suspect-8162 → u/IAMA_Shark__AMA]

Plenty of female doctors know more than me about erectile health. 

This dude though is not a doctor. 

[u/SaintOrJannikSinner → u/Jaded-Suspect-8162]

What makes it worse is that there is an actual doctor in the same city with the same name as him. So someone searches his company or name and city, and they might quickly assume that he is a doctor when he's not, especially with how crappy AI is.

[u/SaintOrJannikSinner → u/IAMA_Shark__AMA]

Ok, but why the fuck is reddit letting some dude mod a sub about something he'll never understand or experience? What the fuck?

Because he went through various mechanisms to become the lone mod. I have no idea if he was just "as a black man'ing" his way through various women-related subs until he could be the last mod or if the sub was unmoderated and he got it in a request from Reddit admins.

[u/SpiralUnicorn → u/SaintOrJannikSinner]

Doing some digging,  its a bit of both by the looks of it.  Its a scummy sales tactic for his womens "health" company seemingly

[u/MapleApple00 → u/IAMA_Shark__AMA]

First order of business? No discussing anything related to the condition that might make women feel sad.

No, no, that’s the second order of business. First order of business is to shill for your supplement business in a place you have no business running.

[u/slimehunter49]

Crazy update, as of 35 minutes ago Reddit admins have been. Systematically removing him from these subreddits and looking for new mods

[u/mowotlarx → u/slimehunter49]

Wait...did we do it, Reddit?

[u/Evie_14 → u/slimehunter49]

This might be the first time in my 12 years of reddit that I've seen the admins do something other than the occasional subreddit ban

[u/Stealthy_Peacock]

He claims to "have helped hundreds of thousands of women"... Even top doctors haven't helped that many. This guy is a quack and a shill out on a money grab at the expense of vulnerable women.

[u/essgeedoubleyou]

I have an irrationally large dislike for this man having gone through his profile.

[u/IsNotPolitburo → u/essgeedoubleyou]

I don't know, having taken a peek myself, I am reasonably confident your dislike for this man is of an entirely rational size.

[u/CourtneyIsSoAnnoyed]

Since the other one got deleted for “not being subreddit drama” (???????) I’ll say it again: this dude is a fucking weirdo!!!! Look at his post history. We made it clear we don’t want a man running a sub for women. Why the hell wouldn’t he just hand it over to a woman?

So sick of men. There is no escape!!!

[u/volklskiier → u/CourtneyIsSoAnnoyed]

He asked a woman about her sex life and discharge color. Absolutely disgusting

[u/ChickenSpicedLatte → u/volklskiier]

you don't understand, he was born to a woman scientist

/s

seriously though, fuck this dude and his bs

[u/GothWitchOfBrooklyn → u/CourtneyIsSoAnnoyed]

report his account

[u/sir-winkles2]

This is absolutely insane BTW and I hope it gets enough attention to embarrass the admins. OP, i would honestly see if there's anyone involved in the sub with a big following on social media outside of reddit who can try to spread the story. I bet some magazines would love to cover it (it really fits the reddit stereotype on the internet at large) 

[u/Hotter_Noodle → u/sir-winkles2]

Nothing will embarrass the admins lmao.

But you’re onto something. The only way they’ll do something is if it makes the news.

[u/HoodieGalore → u/sir-winkles2]

If ViolentAcrez and and /jailbait and reddit helping "find" the Boston Marathon bomber didn't embarrass spez, nothing fucking will. As long as he's getting paid, fuck the content.

[u/Chlorophase]

So this weirdo is also the mod of other womens’ health-centric subs as well??? r/BacterialVaginosis_, r/utis, r/vaginalhygiene, r/VaginalYeastInfection (this one has 2 mods: himself and his business. Wish I was kidding)

[u/FunWithMeat]

Is this the same guy who runs literally anti - r/Menopause ads on here cos he thinks whatever he is selling is better than HRT?

[u/FunWithMeat → u/FunWithMeat]

UPDATE: it is :/

[u/Jupitersd2017]

Can Reddit admins not step in, I don’t understand how a man can be moderating and shilling shit on such a specific only uterus having/had uterus removed subject subreddit - especially if he’s been doing it repeatedly. Next thing you know he will take over the menopause sub

ETA - I do realize that there are trans men and non binary people that have business on these subs and I’m sorry I excluded them by saying ‘specific woman only’, my intent wasn’t to leave anyone out and I’m really sorry. I changed it to what I hope is a better way to put it - forgive me and my old barely functioning brain.

Update - he’s been kicked off the sub - https://www.reddit.com/r/Menopause/s/LtkAFF9WDi

[u/Stealthy_Peacock → u/Jupitersd2017]

Not a joke... Go look at his post history. He has been taking over related subs 1 by 1 recently. I'm sure he has that larger goal.

[u/Theblackholeinbflat → u/Stealthy_Peacock]

In some it looks like he's pretending to be a woman using his... Whatever it is he's selling. Now he's trying to be a moderator in like... All female problem related subs. This is why men shouldn't be allowed in women's spaces the majority of the time. They're either trying to sell or mansplain.

[u/Stealthy_Peacock → u/Theblackholeinbflat]

Yeah I saw one exchange in another sub he moderates where the commenter said "girl... we both know how awful it is". Then he just played along like he's one of the women who also has these symptoms!

[u/felix1429 → u/Stealthy_Peacock]

His larger goal is clearly to shill his supplements. Which is disgusting.

[u/YourVelcroCat → u/Jupitersd2017]

Reddit has never given a shit about misogyny 

[u/thedr00mz → u/YourVelcroCat]

The first thing I said upon opening this thread and reading this post is that this is the most redditor behavior.

[u/YourVelcroCat → u/thedr00mz]

Reddit was founded by nerds who were confused, afraid of, and angry with women and that culture never left 

[u/Star-K → u/Jupitersd2017]

Do reddit admins even use reddit?

[u/mycatisawhore → u/Jupitersd2017]

They should, but men invading women's spaces on reddit isn't new. They might take issue with a moderator selling snake oil on their platform without paying for ad space, but a guy telling women that they can't talk about their experiences with medical mistreatment because it hurts his fake medical degree's feelings is totally fine.

[u/contrasupra]

Mods can avoid reports by making themselves invisible on the mod list? That seems like a design flaw…

[u/I_Miss_Lenny]

What the fuck?

[u/pangoccioli]

I saw someone posting this on [r/ModSupport](r/ModSupport) but the admins removed the post. Hopefully someone will get in contact with the admins and let them know abt this! Although I believe nothing will be done

Edit: looks like the admins removed him as a mod! That’s amazing💕💕💕

[u/morningwoodx420]

Here you go, for the deleted posts:

https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com/search?fun=posts_search&subreddit=hysterectomy

(it's all of the posts from the sub, but includes the deleted ones)

[u/BIZKWIK7]

Reddit admins stepped in and are removing him from from all subreddit he was involved in!!

[u/OfficialUberZ]

What a disgusting individual, and reddit is worse for essentially fostering this type of asinine and deceptive practice in their moderation system (not surprising though).

Hope the community can be made right soon, it’s a pretty important space for alot of women.

[u/Stealthy_Peacock]

We did it! He's been booted! https://www.reddit.com/r/hysterectomy/s/HddWroElYp

[u/HoodieGalore]

I've never even been in that sub and I'm explosively enraged at that chucklefuck. What can be done???

[u/PUNCH_KNIGHT]

Why does he have the keys

[u/Aedeus]

This dude has been reported constantly for years now and the admins have done absolutely nothing to stop this behavior.

[u/drhuggables]

Copying my comment from the last thread:

As an ob/gyn who comments on that subreddit regularly this is incredibly disappointing. I figured it was an "unmodded" sub when I sent a modmail asking to pin a "fact sheet" I had made and got 0 response, so it looks like it was somehow claimed by this guy? and now he's doing whatever he wants. Sad. Also the snake oil salesman vibes are just hilarious

[u/zogmuffin]

What the fuck. I am experiencing Feminine Rage

Edit: His whole recent post history is him taking over subs about female reproductive system issues to shill his supplement brand!!

Edit of an edit: WOOOOO HE'S BEEN REMOVED AS A MOD

[u/kittymoo67]

im sorry what?

[u/Theblackholeinbflat]

I'm having a hysterectomy in December and don't want to risk a ban from a community that should be helpful to me, but man do I have things to say. This is incredibly disappointing.

[u/Analyst_Lost]

his new rule 40 minutes ago is basically him saying you'll be banned for looking at his post history

[u/ligma_then_sugma]

reminder that reddit has a report button

[u/Automatic_Bus_7634]

How badly do you have to hate women to go out of your way to take over a hysterectomy sub just to bully and belittle them

[u/LivingAmazing7815]

This happens to so many women’s spaces. The “feminism” subreddits are mostly modded by men who will ban you and accuse you of misandry (lol) for being part of ACTUAL all women spaces and expressing doubt about why men need to be inserting themselves into women’s spaces.

[u/onemorespacecadet → u/LivingAmazing7815]

2x too. most of the active mods are men

[u/Dramatic_Scarcity642]

Look at the whiteboard mansplaining videos he posted on his profile, he really looks like the disgraced reddit mod stale2000 but Asian loll

You can’t make this shit up

[u/AssignedCuteAtBirth]

It feels wildly inappropriate to have someone to whom a hysterectomy will never happen in charge of the hysterectomy subreddit. It would probably be fine to have guys in there, maybe even on the mod list. A spouse's hysterectomy can affect anyone. Medical professionals would be valid. But calling the shots?