Why was it mostly men on the march?

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I've seen quite a few photos of the march yesterday, and they pretty much all look like the one below. Vast majority men. Why is that? Why is Robinson's patriot messaging and call-to-action landing mostly with men and not women?

Voting by sex wasn't massively different in the last general election - men were certainly more likely to vote Reform, but not by a huge amount, so generally politically we're not that different.

Probably because it’s the weekend, children off school and child minding. If people live some distance away and have had to travel you can’t even leave young teens alone. Before someone dives in and say men are capable of child care, I live in the real world and my point is about child care.

I know a few women who had the idea of going, but were worried that it may all kick off. They didn't want to get in the midst of that possibility with kids or for personal safety.

Probably because they are the type of men who usually go out on the piss all weekend and wanted a change from the pub.

That would make sense if women were seriously under-represented at all weekend marches but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Because it’s just an excuse for thuggish men to behave exactly like that. Wives/girlfriends will remain where they’ve been told to- at home.

Or they’re too embarrassed to be seen in public with these twats.

I wish I was there, wouldn’t have gone though. It was great to see it online, they held a minutes silence for Charlie Kirk and honoured him so beautifully. I see the media tried to down play the number of people in attendance 😂

Who did they think would kick off?

Ah, so this is the outing hobby a lot of MNers husbands have that keeps them busy at weekends.

Because women aren’t as stupid as some men.

Because there was a very high risk of it turning violent and most women have more sense than to put themselves in danger, and judging by the photos and video clips I have seen on social media, it looked like a load of football hooligans using it as a chance to behave like thugs.

Women tend not to be football hooligans, and tend not to start wars...

Not sure, I didn't ask much more, I guess pissed up blokes on either side or getting into a ruck with police.

I was there. True there were mostly men but there were all ages of women too. My experience of it was peaceful, happy and humorous. We didn't experience any anger and people were all really polite (it was difficult trying to navigate through the crowds but people did stop and make space).

Only bit I didn't feel comfortable with was leaving at the end. We had been up near the front screen/stage and there was lots of room there but as we left it was very packed at the furthest away part and too many people crammed in. I felt a bit claustrophobic at that point.

We didn't see any trouble at all.

Some couldnt be arsed?

Some disagree with it?

Some had plans?

Some are more aware of their face being captured and being hounded out of their jobs?

Some at home with the kids?

Some working?

Some dont like walking for long periods of time because it knackers their perimenopausal joints up?

Probably a mix of the above tbh.

Yet every other march, supporting the people of Palestine, against the war in Iraq and many others, some of which I have been on, have not been overwhelming male. There's been a much more equal balance of male and female.
The march yesterday was clearly largely male. Go figure as to the reasons why.

Red faced gammons.

Uh huh.

Because they are essentially thugs.

I drove past a pub in Woolwich / Greenwich (The Angerstein Hotel, I think) absolutely teeming with them yesterday evening . Hundreds of them all dressed in black, all men, Police riot vans across the road.

They just get reincarnated: skinheads, football hooligans, ‘protecting the cenotaph’ and now apparently uniting the Kingdom.

And the fact that they are all men should in itself raise questions.

I am not saying that women don’t hold far right / anti immigration views but this is thugs jumping in a bandwagon.

It’s not to do with childcare

Childcare doesn’t stop the Palestine marches week after week, where women are prominent.

It looked peaceful from what I saw on the live stream, honestly I felt so proud of the country yesterday

It's easy to be throwing around stereotypes when you don't agree with their stance.

All thugs and pub goers?

I aren't saying I agree with it but it's lazy to throw around generalisations.

I know a few people who went. I didn't know they were going, I saw it on their social media.

A young lad I know who went is neither a pub goer or a thug. He is an office worker who barely drinks and never causes issues. His mother attended with him and she isn't a thug either. They live quiet lives but they feel strongly about this clearly.

It's easy to try to put down the people who's views you don't agree with by labeling them all as stupid, racist or thugs.

It's no different to calling remain people snowflakes.

Both are pathetic in my eyes.

If people have a valid worry and they wish to protest about it peacefully, I don't think calling people names because you don't agree with it, intelligent.

Do you have the same opinion regarding the palestine protesters? Who wave a flag that doesn't even belong to this country and their people who's beliefs probably don't align with our beliefs and laws? Like I hardly think they'd be kind and loving to our LGBT community.

Maybe rather than give into name calling, use your brain and discuss things rationally without getting personal.

It's not the men who are there that you need to worry about. It's the women standing around their kitchen islands drinking M&S wine pretending to be horrified but saying that they suppose something needs to be done about immigration as it can't carry on. The mood in the country has changed in the last 2 months. I haven't felt anything like this since the Brexit vote and we all know how that ended.

There are more left wing women without kids. The birth rates of urban lefties is very low.

It looked peaceful from what I saw on the live stream, honestly I felt so proud of the country yesterday

Okaaay

Unless you have the breakdown men/women then this thread is pointless.