They are miserable and very insecure. They look to the past, where they can only imagine what that life felt like, and imagine what they would have had back then, that they don’t now, and the big difference is that progress has reduced all the subjugation. So they seek subjugation of others in hopes of reclaiming their security and manhood. When they look back, they see men in control, and only men, and they feel like they got ripped off.