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Why were schools so against wearing hats? what's wrong with a hat? (lemmy.world)
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what's the point of policing this arbitrary item?

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[–] MothBookkeeper@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Only reasons I can guess:

Traditionally, it's considered disrespectful to wear hats inside. Why that tradition exists, I'm not sure, but it's one of those etiquette things, like not putting your elbows on the table.

It could also be along the same lines as hoods - obscuring your face and making policing the school harder.

[–] nihilist_hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've heard from a teacher in my high school over a decade ago that while it is disrespectful for men to wear hats indoors, traditionally women were exempt from this expectation.

[–] ConTheLibrarian@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It's a leftover from Christian tradition.

1 Corintians 11: 4 - 7 4 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. 5 But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is the same as having her head shaved. 6 For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should cover her head. 7 A man ought not to cover his head,[b] since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. 8

[–] Lapus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

They were, but has nothing to do with modern rules.

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