gloves are manditory for certain professions and places here in america but not all places and people example care providers yes, the general public no but we do have a majority of general public that have voluntarily for their own self care taken to wearing gloves. some have even invested in some pretty cool vintage style glove wearing. while shopping I saw a woman and her children in white long gloves that the victorian era wore, I can see many glove styles of days gone by coming back into style and franklly some people sure can wear gloves and look great doing so