Kiruvwife, yes the people 🙂
What I mean is this – sometimes, someone wears a pair of jeans. They are making no statement other than that they are in comfortable, durable pants. Then, they come across a situation where they are put into a situation where everyone around them looks down on jeans wearers. Is he making the statement or are they percieving his statement?
For example: you are invited to your friend’s BBQ. It was just going to be a few of his friends that you know. Normal dress code: casual (including jeans). Last minute, lost of his family stops in town and comes to the BBQ. They are more right wing and things jeans are bad. You are now the minority at the party wearing jeans and they may look down on you for wearing them. So, is the jeans wearer thats the problem or the perciever?