You can’t rationalize it. This is a mob expression of our worst selves as human beings. Destructive. Hateful. Vengeful. Malevolent.
This is us. And you’re right, it’s not just men. It’s been known and well documented for long time that the most vicious attacks against women often come from other women. It’s also known and documented that it’s done to curry favor with the source of power, or men as thr embodiment of patriarchy in this case.