How do people react to seeing rubber gear in public?

This is a topic about which I have always wondered. When I wear full rubber in public, sbr mack over catsuits, boots, big gloves, mack collar fastened up and open-faced hood with shades it doesn't attract all that much of attention unless the day is fine and sunny when people do look more. Of course some are interested, some photograph me - I encourage this - girls giggle and young men take the mickey. I can take all this in good part. Sometimes I have found myself explaining why I am in rubber to interested people.

What I would like to know is how the great bulk of people who give me a passing look feel, insofar as they feel anything about me. Is a rubberist regarded as good or bad, attractive or ugly, safe or dangerous, pleasant or unpleasant, someone to be near or to keep away from, and so on? How do men and women differ, and what difference does their age make? It needs a sociological enquiry.

I f people knew a friend or relative was into rubber enclosure in private or public how far would they feel the relationship changed? I feel there is much in familiarity answering all,these questions. If a rubberist lived next door and was regularly seen about, he would cease to appear remarkable at all. Is this true? There do not seem to be many outdoor rubberists, excluding those who seek secluded places.

But of course we can never see ourselves as others see us. Which is as has been often remarked a pity.