The driving force behing most of this idiocy is the leftist chick. It seems like they all have unresolved daddy issues, so the glom onto the campus revolutionary/professorette who gives them an excuse for their anger. These puny broads control an incel army of soyboys who want into the pants of these agitator chicks, and think the best way to gain their affections is by being the most compliant/woke/violent version of themselves.
A famous earlier version of this power relationship is Bernadine Dohrn and Bill Ayres. She was the instigator, he was the hammer. He would do anything for a slice of the coveted taco.