Do You Judge on First Appearance?

We all do, to a certain extent, don't we? It's natural pack instinct to at least be on your guard with anyone that doesn't look like your "pack" - whether that's your family, your friends, your colleagues, or any group you spend large amounts of time in where you feel safe and comfortable. My personal "pack" (which includes my family) is a disparate collection of people of varying creeds, colours, sexual proclivities and nationalities, but our area of common ground tends to be that we're all fairly bookish, arty, tolerant, and inquisitive. If I see a stranger that appears - on the outside - to fit that bill, then I automatically assume ...

i have lost count of the number of times i have chosen to stand on the bus rather than sit next to a certain person because of the way they look....... does that make me a bad person? I HOLD MY HANDS UP, I DO JUDGE ON FIRST APPEARANCES!!! and if truth be told i think most people do. if the only spare seat on the bus is next to some young skinhead bloke, reeking of booze with piercings all over his face, a black eye, scars and teeth missing with a spiders web tattooed on his neck are you really going tothink 'oh what a nice man il go and sit with him'? or are you going to pretend you didnt see the seat and stand at the ...

Unfortunately, I don't believe there is a single person that does judge on apperances. Many people claim that they don't, but they are generally just kidding themselves. To another extreme some people claim they don't as they think this will make more attractive women enjoy their company. How horribly ironic. I believe it is human nature to judge someone on their appearance, but it shouldn't be that way. We do it because it is how we have adapted, similar to stereotypes. We complain, but we do it. It's our (word removed due to dooyoo complaint) - up human nature and we can't do anything about it, what's done is done. Reversing human nature is slightly out of the ...