Do we judge others by how they look? Is it fair? Are we becoming :\nMaterialistic? Ignorant? Faithless? Lost? Shameless?
121785
I think society in the US is selfish and materialistic.  In general, we tend to judge by looks, not by the inner beauty.  We look for convenience as we tend to be lazier.  This once Christian nation is now more heathen than it ever has been.  We are a lost culture who picks up anything that sounds good to them and agrees with what they believe.  The fact that we are more acceptant of homosexuality, divorce, affairs, pornography, etc., shows how lost and shameless we are.  It is really sad to see where we came from (the founding of America and the writers of the Declaration of Independence and how far we have fallen.  It is truly sad to see what we have become.
189810
Thats like saying that our opinions about ourselves are void unless a man has validated them first. I find that a very old fashioned and offensive point of view. If a man decides that we are ugly or worthless then should we accept that?!
80806
age old question my friend =)\n\ni beleive  each of us has a destiny relative to perception.\nwhat we see as right/wrong is based on past experiences and relationships\n\nto go forward..we must go back
497520
in my opinion people are people.  we are all humans, and all connected at heart.  i classify no one based on appearance.
583305
I  think we are as civilised as the nearest monkey or gorilla!!! We are rude & ungrateful & find one opportunity to look down on others... We havent civilised... we have degraded beyond repair...
217953
ever since people saw people who looked different than them
199371
I think that what they say is true, everyone is their own worst critic.  We all want to look good and be as attractive as we can be, and perceive ourselves in maybe a different way than from what we think.  I might think that I look damn good one day, get a pic taken, and then totally think that I look like shit.  Some people are just not photogenic either.  I would not take it too hard though because we all just want to look good,and people have different tastes.  What looks good to one person, might not look good to another.  Thats why there are attractions, if we all had the same damn tastes and thought that one thing was attractive, then there would not be a lot of fun would there?
101260
1. do you some times feel as if you are wrongfully being judged?\n\nyes i do and i am because I'm in a wheel chair people atomically assume i am either retarded or cant do any thing at all I'm treated like a child\n\n2.do you judge others?\ni try not to but I'm only human\n\n3. how do you think it affects us when we place judgment on our fellow man / woman? \n\nwhat goes around comes around you get judged to the same degree as you judge some one else.
201118
I'm sorry people judge you, \nI know I judge people sometimes and I'm struggling with judging people myself so I know how hard it is to jump to conclusions about people, but I think we judge quickly cuz we're born in a sinful world and we want to prove to ourselves how 'good' we are by looking down on others.
554597
I think so. The media has never been completely fair to us with regard to how we're portrayed. No group of people falls into one category of anything. I'm sure it's discouraging for many of us. I think it's a shame.
46223
You're exactly right. \n\nStereotyping and generalizing is not wrong, its just very broad, and not always entirely accurate. To say that 'most people have 2 eyes' is a stereotype, and a generalization. \n\nTo discriminate and to judge is also to determine what is right and wrong. I don't know anybody that doesn't have at least some type of morals or standards. Where would society be if we didn't look at a particular situation and say "Thats simply wrong" ? \n\nGood stuff. Keep up the interesting and truly thought provoking questions.
143982
I can say it's been a struggle.  Being born beautiful you just naturally grow into feigning lack of awareness when others so obviously turn their heads to look at you. I try, I really try not to be noticed.  It is difficult when you walk into a restaurant and the whole room turns to stare.  I just pretend I don't notice their gazes. On occasion I will look back, using my bedroom eyes and pouty lip face.  I can tell that just makes that man's day.  He's probably never had anyone as beautiful as me give him the time of day.  It's a curse but I manage.
668677
You generally cannot trust survey information regarding such loaded topics as appearances.  Most people want to think of themselves as not being all that affected by how people look, so they will answer your questions in a manner that does not reflect how they act.\n\nPrevious studies regarding appearances have generally had to be sneaky about it.  For example, one study involved holding mock malpractice trials, with the plaintiffs either being ugly or attractive.  The attractive ones ended up being awarded over three times as much money.
290420
For the most part I agree with you but I think that being ugly or feeling ugly can not be easily catorgrized by simply saying that an ugly person can cope with life better. It depends on your defintion of coping and in what area. Some people who feel ugly are walking around broken and damamged and it affects other area's of their life. It affects their confidence, their ability to do things, and pursue certain avenues of life and if that means that they are coping with being ugly then it is not very healthy. I think that society squezzes beauty in to such a small box that many people suffer needlessly and become victims of society and the media at a very young age. But since you speak of reality, in reality anyone who sees themselves as ugly has deeper issues in life other than their apperance. And any man or woman who wants to be with a person based more so on beauty that character has issues as well. But personally when I was young I thought that I was dreadfully ugly I would walk past a mirror in a mall and cry. It was horrible and my expectations of how I should be treated was low because an ugly person should just be happy that someone wants to be with them. But I can not not compare this experience to what it is like to beautiful and have everyone think that same to me that sounds like a nightmare to.
160358
When you get to be my age, you aren't intimidated by much of anything!  However, no, I was never intimidated by anyone's looks.  Looks are superficial and some of the prettiest people on the outside are the ugliest when you get to know them "inside".  I get to know a person for who they are, not for their wrappings.
430669
Why should u care about what others think about the way u look?  \n\nDo u have a brain, do u use it... \n\nThe world is to concerned iwth looks, and it's really quite pathetic.  If you ahve a good heart and good soul, who cares if your 20lbs overweight.
453621
Your question is too generalizing so I have to answer with no.But the details are very interesting and there I must agree that it's a flaw of lot of my fellow left wingers.Being extra nice to people is not treating them equal or seeing them as equal.\nI believe it's of the greatest importance to see everyone as an individual and hold them to the same standards before qualifying them into groups.Seeing people first as part of a group is always destructive in my view.Also part of the reason I have to answer your question with no because it talks about a whole group.\nGood question and I at least am willing to admit on this point a big part of the left wing should do some thinking