[SamAdams76]

You make some good points. The wearing of a mask puts one in a very submissive position. Only the very strong are able to "power through" the mask but even in those cases, their strength and authority is muted. People in masks become like little sheep.

This has sexual connotations as well. In the S&M world, the dominant will usually have his/her submissive don a mask in public - in order to establish the pecking order in a master/slave relationship.

[glennaro]

Just so I’m clear (and crude!), in one sense wearing a mask announces to the world that the masker is covid’s, uh, b*tch? Makes sense .... Cheers!