Why does wearing pads / a helmet make you a pansy?

I wear all my pads and a helmet every time i go skate at the park and people relentlessly make fun of me and tell me I’m a wuss/pansy and that “its not cool to wear pads” ok, so what? and wait a minute, who actually dictates that? Who said that was a rule of law?

You know what’s cool? falling and still having an intact skull.