Cultural Differences

This is a subject that I am actually quite interested in because I often see women in various incarnations of the photo above. I wish I had the cojones to have friendly dialogue with someone who wears the full face mask (that is usually not very discreet), long sun visor (that some versions can look like a welding mask) and/or the long shirt and gloves (which I suspect is not just about avoiding skin cancer) to better understand the cultural differences.

 

I guess the fascinating thing to me that I try to understand is the "mindset". Honestly, if that were me, I would be uncomfortable going out in public. However, quite contrary, I have never sensed any uneasiness from people who look similar to this photo in the United States, where although it is becoming more common to see this, it is definitely not mainstream. Whereas in Asia, I presume this is accepted because of serious medical issues like SARS and other cultural differences.

 

I guess the rhetorical rebuttal to me would be "why don't you dress or look this way." I just really would like to understand better. Feel free to email. Any insight would be appreciated.

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