Apparently, in some places in Japan, women were (and maybe still are) banned from wearing glasses at work. Here's everything to know about it. Most people wear glasses for corrective vision. Either they can’t see far, close, or both. Of course, nowadays glasses come in various shapes and sizes to reflect a person’s fashion taste, but still, their overall goal is to improve a person’s vision and they’re considered acceptable just about everywhere. Well, perhaps not everywhere, like Japan.