Serious answer-
Their masculinity is a performance and when you're constantly performing instead of just *being* you get paranoid you'll be found out, so you shift the focus on to someone you perceive to be a weaker and more socially acceptable target
Phoenix Calida
Serious question, why are conservative men so obsessed with how masculine other men are? Why do they think that endlessly thinking and talking about other men is somehow a signal of their own manliness? Why are they constantly nervously looking over their shoulders in a flop sweat?