do you judge people on how they look?

Answer 1

It's kinda hard not to, isn't it? How a person carries themselves says a lot about the way strangers perceive them, even though it may have nothing at all to do with their personality...They wouldn't say "Don't judge a book by its cover" if it wasn't something people naturally do.

Answer 2

I would like to think that I don't, since I am an African American Woman, but I know at times I do. It's hard not to. I always try to be open minded about people, even though I may judge when I first see them, I let myself get to know them before I make a final judgement. Most of the time I judge wrong just by looking at someone.

Answer 3

Some times I do but only if I can put their personal appearance into context with other aspects of their life. Just as it is nearly impossible to draw a conclusion form a number with no context it is the same with people.

For example:

14 % means nothing.

The stock market fell 14%, is not a good thing.
My stock portfolio grew by 14% overnight, is a very good thing.

If you see two men who could be twin brothers, both needing grooming, a change of clothes and a fresh shower it would be hard to tell which was a homeless man and which was a hard working farmer. Now, if you follow one to a brand new shiny Escalade and the other to the place where he secreted his shopping cart the picture would start to take shape.

This brings to mind a song; "The Cowboy in the Continental Suit" by Marty Robbins. I have included the lyrics. They illustrate my point exactly.

THE COWBOY IN THE CONTINENTAL SUIT
Words and music by Marty Robbins

Well, he walked out in the arena
All dressed up to the brim
Said he's just came down
From a place called Highland Rim
Well, he said he came to ride the horse
The one they called The Brute
But he didn't look like a cowboy
In his Continental Suit.

We snickered at the way he dressed but he never said a word
He walked on by the rest of us as if he hadn't heard
A thousand bucks went to the man that could ride this wild cayuse
A meaner horse was never born than the one they called "The Brute."

The horse that he was lookin' for was in chute number eight
He walked up very slowly, put his hand upon the gate
We knew he was a thoroughbred when he pulled a sack of Dukes
From the inside pocket of his Continental Suit.

He rolled himself a Quirley and he lit it standing there
He blew himself a smoke ring and he watched it disappear
We thought he must be crazy when he opened up the gate
Standing just inside was fifteen hundred pounds of hate.

The buckskin tried to run him down but the stranger was too quick
He stepped aside and threw his arms around the horse's neck
He pulled himself upon the back of the horse they called "The Brute"
Sat like he was born there in his continental suit.

The Brute's hind end was in the air, his front end on the ground,
Kickin' and a-squeelin' - trying to shake the stranger down
But the stranger didn't give an inch - he came to ride "The Brute"
And he came to ride the buckskin in a continental suit.

Well, I turned around to look at Jim and he was watching me
He said, "I don't believe the crazy things I think I see
But I think I see the outlaw, the one they call 'The Brute'
Ridden by a cowboy in a continental suit."

The Brute came to a standstill - ashamed that he'd been rode
By a city cowboy in some continental clothes
The stranger took his money and we don't know where he went
We don't know where he came from and we haven't seen him since.

The moral of this story - never judge by what they wear
Underneath some ragged clothes could be a millionaire
Ev'rybody, listen - don't be fooled by this galoot
The sure enough bronc-buster in a Continental Suit.

We all tend to judge a book by its cover at one time or another. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't; it's as simple as that. The trick is not to stop with the picture on the cover; you have to read the words as well. The picture on the cover needs some context to be relevant.

Sorry, some questions that appear simple on the surface become complex when you actually try to answer them.

Cheers.

Answer 4

Well, up to a certain point, yes, absolutely. But you have to really define what you mean by "how they look" If it is something about that person's appearance that you know is not their fault, of course I do not judge that. But if you mean how they present themselves by the way they are dressed, and whether they have clean fingernails, and whether or not they are wearing black lipstick or a ring through their nose, you bet I judge that kind of thing because what they choose to do with their body image tells me a whole lot about what's going on inside that person. After all, isn't that what you hear people saying all the time... that they are "expressing themselves"?

If a person lets him-, or herself go and balloons up to 350 pounds in weight, that tells me a whole lot about that particular individual. It tell me that person has no self discipline, and has a serious eating compulsion. Not their fault? OK maybe, but it isn't MY fault either if that repels me and I don't want that person sitting in my front office greeting MY customers. Especially if I am running a health and fitness enterprise lol. The way a person presents his outward appearance to the public arena tells us a lot about how much he CARES what his image is. If he doesn't care about that at all, it is going to make me wonder how much else he doesn't care about either, and that has a lot to do with whether I would like to have that person in my life at all.

Answer 5

Most people are un-trusting. It's not so much paranoia as it is survival. One of the ways we keep bad things from happening to us is to steer clear of undesirable characters. Most of these dress, act, and groom the same way. Thus we fall prey to the ability to use this step on everyone. I'm not just talking guys with trousers that hang down past their crack, I'm also talking about the pseudo-business suit. Chubby little freaks that want to sell us on some fraudulent scheme. So to answer your question, unfortunately "yes".

Answer 6

Of course. Even if you don't want to, it has a big influence. You can change the first impression later, but most of the time, it is correct. For example, you can see how educated a person is just looking at the way that person dress.

Answer 7

Only emos
They're a joke.
I am not a judgemental person, look at me, I get judged all the time for having tattoo's. People think I'm a thug...I'm actually a college graduate with a family.

Answer 8

Unfortunately sometimes, but after a holiday job recently, I've learnt not to always judge someone by how they look.

Answer 9

Doesn't everybody?
Clothing automatically represents their style. Whether they are a fashion diva, classy lady, sport freak, hip hop king, skater or even a junkie.
I am definitely the fashion diva and don't mind the title at all. It's always and only the best for me. lol

Answer 10

no. i dont because looks arent everything. i.e. someone beautiful ca be a really mean person and someone hiteous can be one of the sweetest people you would ever meet. i dont judge people untill i get to know them. you should to! : )