Every guy needs a good pair of work gloves. I'm going to count the number of different ways I've used them in the past month:

1) Collecting/bundling twigs & branches before mowing the lawn.
2) Carrying a 36" TV to the curb for recycling pickup.
3) Hitching up a boat to a truck.
4) Cleaning out my gutters.
5) Dragging old boxes out of the attic.
6) Pressure-washing the patio.
7) Tearing up my brother-in-law's front steps & building him new ones.

That's just in the past month! If you're ridiculously manly and like calloused, cut, bleeding hands, maybe you don't need these... but if you're like me, and you work with your hands AND enjoy being able to actually feel things you touch, work gloves are for you. Toss in the fact that they're less than $5 a pair, and it's a no-brainer.