apushatayid:
“I don’t think the hats described scream “look at me” any louder than some Borsalinos found on many men.”
The obvious differences being that
1) almost all men wear hats (at least in my community)
2) the hats tend to be very similar: all black, around the same size, etc.
Therefore, a man wearing a hat would be fitting in, not saying “look at me”.
Also, it’s more of a problem for a woman to draw attention to herself then it is for a man.