I think it's interesting that even the framing in the article places them as "not like the other boys". There's a very modern pagan/wiccan vibe to all this stuff, where just like in those movements, the appropriated symbols essentially can mean whatever the individual person wants. Same thing here, the concept of being male is essentially divorced from any behaviour of masculinity,. All that matters is the ornamental elements, the penis, the facial hair. It really makes the whole TIF movement feel like an incredibly brutal self-actualization ritual. Some women Eat, Pray, Love their way to superficial eastern spirituality, these women rotdog their way to superficial pseudomasculinity.