Why is Jack the Ripper considered a man?

Because evidence mostly suggests that he was a man, and almost (if not all) of the suspects are men. Jack the Ripper is supposedly a bloke who basically went around murdering prostitutes. read more

Jack the Ripper is supposedly a bloke who basically went around murdering prostitutes. It's relatively unlikely that a woman would have been able to acquire the services of a prostitute as easily without drawing some kind of attention, considering this would still be in the time that homosexuality was illegal. read more

Many experts believe Druitt was behind the murders as they are convinced that Jack The Ripper was a Whitechapel local (Druitt resided a few miles away from Whitechapel on the other side of the Thames), and he was also seen in the Whitechapel area around the time of the Jack The Ripper murders as well. read more

The name "Jack the Ripper" was first used in this letter by the signatory and gained worldwide notoriety after its publication. Most of the letters that followed copied this letter's tone. Some sources claim that another letter dated 17 September 1888 was the first to use the name "Jack the Ripper", but most experts believe that this was a fake inserted into police records in the 20th century. read more