I think you're onto something here, I'm going to include Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, Matt Gaetz, and Lindsay Graham in this discussion. All are pushing a sort of one-note, over-the-top manhood theme, with each displaying rather questionable male credentials themselves (after all, real men are like real women, strong, wise, discrete, let actions speak, don't always have to advertise). Its also a kind of oblique advertisement for the "phony male" (one who can shoot off his guns, squeel his tires, drink a lot of beer, all not exactly requiring higher male proficiencies)

I come from a family of 4 boys and have 2 sons myself. If I were to sell a male paradigm, it would start with hard work and humility of wisdom (of course that's available to us all). After that, one's loyalties & hormones take care of themselves, and I believe our family has the successes to prove the viability of that (are you listening Madison Cawthorn?)

Fascists have always oversold "manhood" (think Mussolini, Franco, Hitler, Bushido Code), with lesser men (perhaps overcompensating) somehow manipulating others against a caricature of a "weak" bogeyman (an alliance of strong/smart women and intelligent/tolerant men) that stand in the way of power and militarism.

The corollary is the army of Trump numbskulls (A. Jones, C. Lewandowski, S. Miller, J Miller) who may not be gay(?) but are overcompensating for being annoying idiots most of their lives, now having a chance to "be somebody". It all brings to mind Trump's tutor, Roy Cohn (a closeted gay man behind the red and lavender scares of the 50s)

It is well known in largely male domains (war, men's sports, construction, etc) that braggarts/bullies aren't winners. I was happy to see after righties defended Trump's "p*ssy grab" as "just locker room talk", LeBron James and others saying "not in my locker room", as winners (man or woman, gay or straight) are systematic, intelligent, humble, and noble.