Yes. A lot of this leftist stuff has an element of that.

Wearing masks between your restaurant table and the toilet. Washing up your rubbish. Cheering a man playing womens sports. etc etc.

Once you've gone along with that pantomime its hard to hold a line on anything.

I'm not saying its all designed that way but authoritarians will naturally gravitate towards rules that have the effect of breaking the self-respect of individuals.