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.

If it was just the police getting injured, maybe it was the police that caused the issues?

Stop making up stuff. I live in London and went to the counter protest and saw not one child which i thought was strange because lefties tend to bring their kids to protests (at least thats been my personal experience), Not this time, it was all full on adults, and i believe there was a reason for it.

Thanks for attempting to answer the question!

Agree that the aggressive imagery is male-oriented. Re the football hooligan thing, I think obsessively supporting your 'team' which is common in football is also similar to the 'Patriot' vibe. I'm not sure the march looks that different to outside a football stadium on match day.

I saw lots of women on tv of all ages. But some situations attract more men than women. I go to lots of heavy metal concerts. For most I would estimate about 1 in 25-50 (depending on type of metal/location) are women.

White men are probably the most disenfranchised by the left ideology so it makes perfect sense for them to find a home in a movement challenging that ideology. It’s not difficult.

She didn't know he was going? He was proud and passionate he didn't even mention it to his wife? That's so odd.

Thank you but that was the whole point of the march; the huge turn out was to make on lookers feel uncomfortable and scared. Mosley's Fascists followers did exactly the same thing 100 odd yrs ago. They turned out in huge numbers wearing the same uniform intending to intimidate even if they weren't violent on that occasion.

If you read a paper or watch news you will find that it was a group from the Robinson march, generally considered to be right wing leaning, that got through and attacked the other march. It was not the ‘woke leftie’ group that caused the trouble.

Ah you got your info from the biased bbc 😂
did they also report that the day was 99% peaceful? That they held a tribute to Charlie Kirk? The media can’t even report the number of people in attendance correctly.

I went to last week’s March against antisemitism. 70,000 men and women (very much an even split) of all ages marched past the BBC (not that they or many mainstream news channels reported it) all the way to Parliament Square. The only arrest was one pro-Palestine protestor who verbally and physically assaulted a person on the march. There were British, Israeli, pre-revolution Iranian and Welsh! flags flying.

Very few people brought their children. We discussed it and all felt it was too unsafe to expose them to the potential of being attacked. We were all happy to be proved wrong.

It is perfectly possible to march, make one’s presence felt and support British values without hiding one’s face and/or resorting to violence. It’s perfectly possible for both sexes to march safely too.

Yesterday’s march tapped into many people’s concerns about the cost of living, the government’s obtuseness / ineptitude and the immigration of too many people who don’t share our values. (Note I’m not saying immigration is a bad thing, because it isn’t.) The fact that yesterday’s freedom of speech festival was organised by Tommy Robinson should have rung alarm bells for many. Unfortunately it didn’t.

I think many men feel emasculated and frustrated. They want to provide for their families and are struggling. The macho culture around TR feeds into this and marching helps these men feel like they’re able to do something to make their voices heard. The violence is unacceptable. It always is.

I know a guy who went. He's a gentle soul, not racist, hardworking, puts his wife and family first but would do anything for anyone if he possibly can. He shared this on FB to explain his reasons. I hate to think of him being dismissed as a lout, it's more complicated than that.

www.facebook.com/reel/9097202147051223

Because a lot of them are thugs looking for a fight. The trouble is, these thugs looking for a fight are gaining traction. Just like they did in 1930's Germany. It is terrifying.

Farage is rubbing his hands.

These are despicable stupid racists. But l spotted lots of middle aged women in the crowd

And when people march waving the Palestinian flag, do you think the purpose is to drive antisemitism and anti west feeling? Because that’s how I feel.

OP do you have any thoughts on why you thought it was mostly men ?

@Dippythedinobut that wasn’t the point of the March at all.
so it just goes to show that you had already decided what the marchers were like!
the point of 110k people marching was honestly not to make onlookers feel intimidated.
it really wasn’t.

Do you believe that people on save Palestine marches precarious disposable anti semites who support anti western ideologies espoused by terrorists?

It's OK to use skin colour to cause offence if we are talking about white people yes?

Yeah, you explained it brilliantly. The police injured themselves for the sake of it. Sure.

Quite possibly because of the danger of it turning violent, and women feeling less confident of being able to cope in that environment.

Pissed off that it was such a success.

Would you be comfortable making that list if it started "overweight, black, terrible teeth.... " ? just asking.

Maybe for the same reason that we have an awful lot of male asylum seekers arriving by boat. Women and children stay at home when there is perceived danger - and large crowds of angry people would certainly indicate the danger of crushing, loud noises and the potential for violence.

I would fully expect the family that stayed at home feel the same as the men though as women and children have had their own peaceful marches elsewhere.

I've seen more than one claim by the faction supporting the march that it was 3 million, which is far more ludicrous than anything the "counters" are claiming.

As a matter of interest, the Countryside Alliance got 400K out in 2002 to (mainly) protest the ban on hunting with dogs.

No, they apparently stopped people walking over the bridge on the agreed route and kettled them.

I didn't say they hit themselves. Why must people just make stuff up all the time?

I went into London yesterday to see Miriam Margolyes, there were some people on the train who were clearly off to the march. Already drunk by lunchtime, practically beating their chests in delight when anyone who wasn’t white got on the train as they knew their presence would be intimidating. All men. Probably some women on the train also going to the march, but I didn’t spot them as they were not nearly so performative.

I feel my own evening was far better spent