So ex-Twitter is removing blocking at Musk's order. He believes the feature "makes no sense." And I think I know why.
A consistent theme in Prof Manne's "Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny" is entitlement. Men feeling entitled to women's care and love and deference. Men acting entitled to feelings of competence and prominence and correctness, making successful, knowledgeable women a threat.
From a Trust and Safety perspective, that male entitlement is the number one reason blocking exists. 1/
https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/elon-musk-x-twitter-block-feature-delete-1235699759/amp/
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