Received: from jhuml2.hcf.jhu.edu (jhuml2.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.87]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id OAA20480 for ; Tue, 27 May 1997 14:32:26 -0600 (MDT) Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu by jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu (PMDF V5.0-7 #13870) id <01IJDCY0DEDS94DTS7@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu> for socgrad@csf.colorado.edu; Tue, 27 May 1997 16:31:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu by jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu (PMDF V5.0-7 #13870) id <01IJDCXY386694DQ2U@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu> for socgrad@csf.colorado.edu; Tue, 27 May 1997 16:31:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu by jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu id <1014-1>; Tue, 27 May 1997 16:30:53 -0400 Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 16:30:42 -0400 From: Thomas F Brown Subject: Re: Sociology of Everyday Life To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu Message-id: <97May27.163053edt.1014-1@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I don't remember where I read this, but it seems that the style of wearing a baseball cap turned backwards may have originated in the gay subculture of Greenwich Village as a means of communicating sexual preferences. This little factoid might fit in with your unit on clothing styles. It's not terribly consequential, but it's fun to toss it into the discussion and rock those jocks back a notch or two.