I think you have a point. My younger brother has always hated men football so I was surprised that he is a fan of the women game and has even gone to matches. As he said himself he never watches the men's game so cannot compare the two so he judges the women's game purely on entertainment e.g. does he enjoy it, is it value for money.It seems to me that it’s people and families who can’t get or can’t afford tickets for the mens games. It does seem like a laid back fun fair sort of atmosphere for people to take their young kids without fear of any trouble or stress about large crowds. Obviously you get big crowds at the England games and when Arsenal play at the emirates, but in general the crowds are still poor
I have been shocked how poor the crowds are when I have put various highlights on considering how much the bbc and sky big women’s football up
I suspect that fans of the men's game do compare (I certainly do). Or put it another way I have no interest in watching men's football at a poor standard e.g. Sunday park so why would I want to watch the women.