Do you judge people by the way they look?

Lets face it. The first thing you do when you meet a new person is to look at him or her. That is why people say that the first impression is very important and you only get to make it once. However, it is important to try to know the person's personalities better before judging his/her character. Assumption can be wrong. A potential friendship should not be ruined just because of an incident.

Yeah, I think we all do this, I would rather not but no matter what you will, it's just human nature to see an appearance and jump to a conclusion about the way they were raised, the way they live, and their habits etc. When I see someone with their gut sticking out and they have grease stains all over their shirt, etc, I will automatically think that this person does not care about themselves very much, or that they are poor and uneducated, but the fact is, most of the time your conclusions are usually fact, the way someone presents themselves can tell you a lot about the way they live and their personality, I don't think we can deny this. It would be nice if there was no judgment, but it's just a natural thing that we have been doing since we have been alive, other animals do it as well. I can make these conclusions, though I will keep an open mind for a changed opinion and treat them as I would treat any other person, since we all have quirks anyway. Happy mylotting and have a great day or night!

Unfortunately it's human nature to do so. You know the old saying - You never get a second chance to make a first impression. By the same token we dress differently for different reasons and occasions. If one were to wear a pair of shorts and a t-shirt to a wedding, wouldn't we naturally make a "judgment" - or if someone comes to the beach in a tuxedo, wouldn't we look at them funny? As for their body shape or personal hygiene, it's just natural to assume things about different situations. If someone is messy and smelly, don't we have negative thoughts? It's just human nature. The difference is in how we express our judgments!

Well, I don't think I could say that I have not ever looked at a person and made an opinion of them without hearing them talk first. But reasonably, if you see someone walking down the street, you can learn a lot about them from body language and dressing style. If I'm proven wrong at the end of the day, I've either made a new friend or a new enemy, but I might find out who they are sooner or later. My intuition is normally accurate, though!

A person canbe judged only after that person opens his or her mouth. What you speak combined with your looks are very important in projectign your personality. Some people are too good till they open their mouth and some are very ordinary looking till they opentheir mouth and then their stature goes up. if one were to look at Dr Manmohan Singh, Indian Prime Minister, and not hear him speak, one would think that there must be some mistake. he couldn't be the Prime Minsiter of such a big country. Once you hear him speaking, his casual looks vanish and he grows in stature. Beauty and brains together of course are far superior. They impress you the most.

I guess it really depends for me. I do not judge people by the way the look but i do judge on their behaviour and actions. Never judge a book by a cover, some people may look mean or weird but they are really nice people if you get to know them personally. I have come across quite a few people like this and im glad to say im friends with them for years now and they are really nice people, although not all are the same.

hi masmasika dont ever judge people by the way they look as it' is so unfair. I look like I am snobbish and I am not, I am just shy and would love to be able to make friends as easily as my best friend Nelda does. You must talk to us and let us respond then you will see just what sortof person we are. My mom used to get some people who remarked catily that she wasnt very learned and they were so wrong. Like me my mom was soft spoken and shy but if you made friends with her she was one smart cookie. She only went through high school but she was very intelligent and wise to the ways of the world too. to see my dear grandpa you would have said he looked a bit like abraham lincoln and was a bit homely but once you talked to him, he was the kindest, most gentle gentleman anyway could ever hope to meet. So you need to learn to know the person.

I think we all have been guilty of prejudging people but I think as long as we recognize that its wrong and make an effort to change our behavior and not judge a book by its cover and learn from our mistakes we'll be ok, because everyone has been a victim of some kind of wrongful judgment or has judged someone at one time or another, in fact I have been judged wrongfully before by people because I'm very differnt from whats considerd to be the norm, and people are often surprised when they meet me for the first time, but after they get to know me they realized that there judgments were wrong. like said you cant judge a book by its cover.

I've dealt with being judged for nothing other than my looks far too many times so I don't do that kind of thing to others. I've had people to treat me like I don't know better because they think I look "innocent" or say I'm stuck up probably because I tend to be very shy when meeting someone I don't know in person. My first impressions of someone is gathered by me through conversation.

hey there masmasika, OF COURSE i judge people, the same way they judge me. Of course there's a huge difference between judging, and letting your mouth run loose, or act on it. Nobody can say that seeing a gogeous man is the same as looking at a bum. Appearance is key in human life, and this is exactly how people see you as, and they will treat you the same. I say the best thing in life is to always look presentable no matter where you are and always be TIDY! :)

They said, first impressions last. A person can make like almost a hundred impressions in a minute towards another person. It is unfair to judge a person by the way he/she looks. Sometimes, we do giv the wrong impressions. It is much better to talk to the person first and be with the person for quite sometime to tell something about him/her. But be aware that it is difficult to trust people now. They might seem nice because they dress up nicely and professionally. Nowadays, thief, smugglers, rapists , holduppers , kidnappers, other bad people dress up like professionals.

It's hard to judge people only from the look. I will judge people only after I talk to them or see their act, or take others' opinion about them. And it takes time to really know a people. What we can see is just their appearance, but we have to judge their inner personality from what they do and what they say.

Well first off I would like to say that noone person can really judge the other... but sometimes people do look; wild, to exotic or just crazy. Everyone has their own style... it's about one's personality and sometimes their character that makes a person. Never judge a book by it's cover! I have learned!

I do not judge people by the way they look. It is unfair to judge or assume things about people or treat them differently because of how they look. It is not their fault for looking like they do. Every person is beautiful in their own way. This can also go the other way. A person cannot be judged because he or she might look better then you. That would not be fair. The way we judge people should be on what kind of person they are and how they act in certain situations, and if they screw up like we all do how they respond to it after wards. People can change so i dont believe in judging them and giving them that way of judgment forever. This is a very complicated subject.

hi Masmasika sad to say, yes.. i do judge people by the way they look on the first time we met but i don't think i judge the person forever with the same label o think my action is not an offensive one i also believe that the judgement i made might be wrong i just judge people as a kind of introduction to myself from my judgement i can say whether i was right or wrong about my opinion on the person mostly we chat for some times that time, and who knows the next time we met, we had broken the ice, so it'll be easier to know each other thanks Masmasika ! :D

I don't, its never my personality to judge other people by the way they look..i just happen to don't mind people who doesn't mind me as well..i know some who always misinterpret me as a snob, but on later part they just happen to realize i wasn't the one they are thinking i was..some of them had become my friends some didn't which i don't mind

I think everyone judges but one different levels. I try to not make assumptions but often my first impressions end up being spot on.

well I don't judge people about the way they look... at least I don't judge possible friends or friends about the way they look :P

It's instinct for people to judge everyone else by their appearance. Stereotypes are automatically triggered because of its accessibility- in society, stereotypes and norms are used and enforced implicitly and explicitly- and they are often exaggerated. By getting to know the person, stereotypic characteristics can either be reinforced or made less prominent. Personality becomes the foremost object we see as we get familiar with the person, although stereotypes are hard to dispel.

I personaly don't judge them by just their looks. i will judge them by their behaviours.