# Women wearing a slouch hat etiquitte **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 25, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-wearing-a-slouch-hat-etiquitte/987589 "2023-07-25T22:49:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-wearing-a-slouch-hat-etiquitte/987589/1 "2023-07-25T22:49:15Z")
When men wear a slouch hat with one side up, it is the left side. If a woman were to wear a slouch hat with the brim up, would it be the reverse (like buttons) and have the right side up? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-wearing-a-slouch-hat-etiquitte/987589/2 "2023-07-25T23:04:19Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > When men wear a slouch hat with one side up, it is the left side. Say what now? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-wearing-a-slouch-hat-etiquitte/987589/3 "2023-07-25T23:11:39Z")
[![](https://hatguide.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/slouch-hat-australian.jpg) ](https://hatguide.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/slouch-hat-australian.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-wearing-a-slouch-hat-etiquitte/987589/4 "2023-07-26T02:30:33Z")
Welp, I found this with the right side up. > **[Statesman Military Aussie Slouch Hat Khaki | eBay](https://www.ebay.com/itm/184442671965)** > > Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Statesman Military Aussie Slouch Hat Khaki at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! And this from the Civil War [![](https://www.ima-usa.com/cdn/shop/products/ON4789__01_17e03276-ed34-454a-a1b8-7d7d967922fc_1024x1024.jpg?v=1604169468) ](https://www.ima-usa.com/cdn/shop/products/ON4789__01_17e03276-ed34-454a-a1b8-7d7d967922fc_1024x1024.jpg?v=1604169468) And this, which suggests that women can also wear it left-side up. [![](https://u-mercari-images.mercdn.net/photos/m18393923113_1.jpg?width=1024&height=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&fit=crop&_=1678278463) ](https://u-mercari-images.mercdn.net/photos/m18393923113_1.jpg?width=1024&height=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&fit=crop&_=1678278463) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-wearing-a-slouch-hat-etiquitte/987589/5 "2023-07-26T02:33:15Z")
Maybe in the US right side and Aussies left side because they’re upside down. Like the way the toilet drains. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-wearing-a-slouch-hat-etiquitte/987589/6 "2023-07-26T04:11:55Z")
[![](https://frinkiac.com/meme/S06E16/148631.jpg?b64lines=IE1NLUhNTS4gSU4gRkFDVCwgSU4gUkFORAogTWNOQUxMWSBUSEVZIFdFQVIgSEFUUyBPTgogVEhFSVIgRkVFVCBBTkQgSEFNQlVSR0VSUwogRUFUIFBFT1BMRS4=) ](https://frinkiac.com/meme/S06E16/148631.jpg?b64lines=IE1NLUhNTS4gSU4gRkFDVCwgSU4gUkFORAogTWNOQUxMWSBUSEVZIFdFQVIgSEFUUyBPTgogVEhFSVIgRkVFVCBBTkQgSEFNQlVSR0VSUwogRUFUIFBFT1BMRS4=) ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-wearing-a-slouch-hat-etiquitte/987589/7 "2023-07-26T09:34:19Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > would it be the reverse (like buttons) and have the right side up? [Nah, it wouldn’t.](https://australianmilitarymedicalcollective.weebly.com/uploads/4/5/9/0/45906917/screen-shot-2016-09-18-at-6-16-00-pm_1.png) ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-wearing-a-slouch-hat-etiquitte/987589/8 "2023-07-26T12:54:48Z")
Never heard of a brimmed hat called a slouch hat. That makes me think of a knitted beanie that slouches one way or another. In those pics I see something like a Stetsons, fedoras or sombrero I am not a milliner or a hatter ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-wearing-a-slouch-hat-etiquitte/987589/9 "2023-07-26T13:28:21Z")
When I hear “slouch hat” I think of boonie hats. [![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/56/0a/14/560a142c5f25ca05d7a853372ac6b281.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/56/0a/14/560a142c5f25ca05d7a853372ac6b281.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-wearing-a-slouch-hat-etiquitte/987589/10 "2023-07-26T13:39:01Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Never heard of a brimmed hat called a slouch hat. That makes me think of a knitted beanie that slouches one way or another. Those apparently are also called slouch hats. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-wearing-a-slouch-hat-etiquitte/987589/11 "2023-07-26T13:50:04Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Never heard of a brimmed hat called a slouch hat. That makes me think of a knitted beanie that slouches one way or another. > > In those pics I see something like a Stetsons, fedoras or sombrero > > I am not a milliner or a hatter Me neither! I think of a slouch hat as one of those hats that newsboys used to wear or old guys driving around in a convertible. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-wearing-a-slouch-hat-etiquitte/987589/12 "2023-07-26T13:51:52Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Never heard of a brimmed hat called a slouch hat. IIRC, The Shadow who knows what evil lurks is routinely described as wearing one. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-wearing-a-slouch-hat-etiquitte/987589/13 "2023-07-26T14:05:50Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > I think of a slouch hat as one of those hats that newsboys used to wear or old guys driving around in a convertible. In order: a newsboy cap and a flat cap. (Though both caps go by many other names too.) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-wearing-a-slouch-hat-etiquitte/987589/14 "2023-07-26T15:09:18Z")
I also did not know it was called a slouch hat, but I’m familiar with the general style of hat. I used to have one I’d sometimes wear when camping, probably still have it somewhere. If I recall correctly, the sides of the brim can be buttoned up on both sides. I took it as a functional thing. Having a walkabout on a sunny day where you are often changing direction? Have both sides down. Canoeing down a river, where the sun is on your right shoulder? Keep only right side down. Cloudy, or later in the day? Button both sides up. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-wearing-a-slouch-hat-etiquitte/987589/15 "2023-07-26T15:53:27Z")
In the US armed forces, only one community gets to wear a slouch hat as part of their working uniform: female drill instructors. > **[It’s the Coolest Military Hat, but Only a Few Get to Wear It](https://veteransbreakfastclub.org/slouch-hat/)** > > The slouch hat with the brim pinned on the side is an icon of the Australian military, and it used to be common in service branches around the world, including the United States Army. But today, female drill > [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > If a woman were to wear a slouch hat with the brim up, would it be the reverse (like buttons) and have the right side up? In this case, they wear the left brim snapped up.