Run The Gauntlet

Worn to warm
Worn to protect
Worn for affect
Worn to hide blemishes
Worn to cushion the blow
Worn to direct traffic
Worn for surgical precision
Worn to preserve fine art
Worn to arrest forensics
Worn against human contact
Worn against contamination
Worn singly for onanist golf
Worn to catch a ball
Worn to grip rock and ice
Worn to prevent chafing
Worn for the washing up
Worn as a fetish
Removed to betoken favour
Slapped to instigate a duel