It's the crab basket mentality. We seldom put a lid on a bushel basket of Blue Crabs unless it was really full, because when one tried to climb out of the open basket, the others pulled it back in...
I was told of something similar back in the 90’s when I was a Scoutmaster. A couple of my Scouts told me that being in the Scouts was kind of a “secret society” at school. One didn’t let on that one was a Scout as it wasn’t “cool” and could even get one attacked.
One of those Scouts is now a CPO in the Navy.