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Location: North of the 49th Parallel | I have a question regarding national anthems and women removing hats.... do. You? I know its disrespectful for a man to not remove it but at rodeos I never see women removing them. |
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| We were taught that men remove cover and women do not. I was born in the 60's so maybe things have changed in the last decade or so but we were taught that very young. |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | I was taught men remove cover, woman don't. But I always remove mine. I'm not so different from a man that I can't do the same to show respect. |
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Location: Opelousas, LA | I think it comes from years ago when womens hats were often pinned in and were pretty much part of thier hair do.
If I am wearing a hat, I will pull it off for the National Anthem then hurry and put it back on before anyone can see my hat hair, lol. It also comes in handy to whack my boys with if they haven't taken their hat off yet.
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | Barnmom - 2014-03-10 9:34 PM I think it comes from years ago when womens hats were often pinned in and were pretty much part of thier hair do.
If I am wearing a hat, I will pull it off for the National Anthem then hurry and put it back on before anyone can see my hat hair, lol. It also comes in handy to whack my boys with if they haven't taken their hat off yet.
Hubby just said same thing, it dates back to when women wore bonnets, or had hats pinned on for some reason and not easily removed. |
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| missroselee - 2014-03-10 8:36 PM Barnmom - 2014-03-10 9:34 PM I think it comes from years ago when womens hats were often pinned in and were pretty much part of thier hair do.
If I am wearing a hat, I will pull it off for the National Anthem then hurry and put it back on before anyone can see my hat hair, lol. It also comes in handy to whack my boys with if they haven't taken their hat off yet.
Hubby just said same thing, it dates back to when women wore bonnets, or had hats pinned on for some reason and not easily removed.
This is still the case at most rodeos and opens. Women have to pin, tape, superglue or hairspray that dadgum hat on!  |
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Location: Texas | i take mine off, and put my hand over my heart |
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Location: Phoenix | I wondered the same thing a couple of years ago! The National Anthem was being played and I took my hat off but noticed the girls didn't so I was like whaaaaaa? Now I just put my hand on my heart because I know it's OK to leave it on. |
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Location: N Texas | I thought everybody was supposed to take it off, but now I know women don't HAVE to. When I was watching The American, I noticed the female participants didn't remove their hats. My initial thought was "man, that's disrespectful" but then I realized their hats were probably pinned on and not easily removed.  |
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Location: GA | I've always taken mine off ... scary hat hair & all exposed LOL |
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Location: Louisiana | I read somewhere that it is proper etiquette for a woman to remove her hat if it is a unisex hat. So cowboy hats would definitely fall into that category. |
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| I try to wait and pin mine after the national anthem is played so I can remove it. In a world so full of disrespect I think it's the least we can do. |
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Location: MD | I take mine off, unless I'm in the first drag and cant get to a bathroom to put it back on and re-tack it to my head! My dad who served said the same thing about the unisex hat which makes sense. |
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Location: North Dakota | If my hat is already "glued" to my head, then I leave it on. But if it is not, then I remove it. |
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| I have always removed my hat but I am usually the only girl I see doing so at the rodeos I attend. |
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Location: South Dakota | dashnlotti - 2014-03-11 9:12 AM I read somewhere that it is proper etiquette for a woman to remove her hat if it is a unisex hat. So cowboy hats would definitely fall into that category.
That makes sense. If you are wearing a baseball cap it sure seems like you would take that off. |
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | i never take mine off............
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | It goes a little further back into religion. The woman was to cover her head so not to anger or blind the gods. A woman has the option to leave it on or remove it. |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | cow pie - 2015-03-03 9:13 AM
It goes a little further back into religion. The woman was to cover her head so not to anger or blind the gods. A woman has the option to leave it on or remove it.
Bingo! In most cultures its actually disrespectful for religious reason for a woman to have her hair uncovered at all. Thus keeping your hat on is actually considered respectful. That's why even through the 60s hats were much more a de riguer item for women. It was part of older religious beliefs and customs that just became social and fashion oriented. We've lost most of that now but you can still see some Spanish women who cover their hair to go to church and certainly Muslim women do this with the hijab. |
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Location: Kansas | kramerica - 2014-03-10 8:31 PM We were taught that men remove cover and women do not. I was born in the 60's so maybe things have changed in the last decade or so but we were taught that very young.
that is what I was always told. |
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