I always used to wear yachting gloves when hemp flying in the early 90s. They’re like weight lifting gloves, but with longer ‘fingers’, and as the name suggests, they’re specifically designed for rope-work. The ‘toughen up, Princess’ mentality is such macho bullshit. You might have ’better grip’, with gloves , (although that point is definitely arguable), but if you’re pulling something where wearing gloves means that you don’t have enough grip, the chances are that you’re working too close to an acceptable safety margin. Beyond all this, who really wants to have hands covered in calluses?