As a man, I don't use a brolly, and never really have. They're cumbersome, they get blown around if there's a slight breeze, and apart from the head, you still get wet.
Plus trying to hold on to a brolly while pushing my rollator, just doesn't work!
Also, nothing worse than a bunch of little women walking around with brollies, trying to take your eye out! It's bad enough when raining, but to have to try to dodge all those brollies makes it worse.
Now for.gloves, I wear mine as soon as the weather n temp drops. I'm very borderline Raynaud Syndrome, and even in the summer, I wear fingerless gloves if it's a cool day.
For the rain, I wear my trilby, and I have approx 6 different ones for winter, and 4 summer hats.
Mostly men can't be bothered with brollies, and as for.gloves... they're just idiots! lol