Why do we judge others by their looks/appearance?

Why do people judge others based on their appearance? Weren't we all told that we shouldn't judge a book by its cover when we were young?

And if that's the case then why do so many people judge others by how they look and by their external appearance?

Originally posted by: zorrro

because seeing is believing , no see no believe. 😆

Originally posted by: King-Anu

one is free to like or dislike a person based on looks and appearance. its normal. you dont end up liking all you meet. what one should not do is tell that person that ok i dont like the way you look.

yes we should not judge people and label them good or bad based on looks. apperance can tell you something however even there we should exercise caution.

these were two different things. former is ok. later is not ok. hope you are ok with my response

Originally posted by: Miss Cherie

Well, no one is invisible right?😛 So we all do see each other. So I don't really get your point.😕

My question was why do we make an assumption about a person's character when we have only seen their physical appearance?

Originally posted by: epiphany.

A bad looking person tends to influence one's intuition when they are assessing them. A good looking person tends to influence one's judgment. The key is to see the difference between forming an opinion of their character and not how they look, which is easier said than done. 😳

Originally posted by: Riyasi

People hardly make an assumption on character from attractive/not so attractive looks...they do that based on the way they dress/talk/carry themselves which come from acquired habits.

Well, I beg to differ cause I have seen people make judgements on others' characters based on how attractive they are. But yes, nowadays most people DO judge others on the way they dress/act/carry themselves.

Yes, people are instantly attracted to good looking people and the regular ones have to work harder to get noticed and appreciated anywhere but that's natural human response to beauty.

True! And it's quite unjust IMO.

On the flip side, beauty is often subjected to jealousy and harsher standards of intellect, scrutinised most minutely needlessly and showered with unwanted attention.

I wonder why beauty is subjected to harsher standards of intellect? Is it because people have a pre-conceived notion that "beautiful" people are not intelligent?

That's the reason very few beautiful people are taken seriously for something other than their looks which is unfair. Yes!

I completely agree with the sayings that a book should not be judged by its cover and first impression is not always the last impression. Yes, we shouldn't judge a book by it's cover.😊

Originally posted by: Miss Cherie

My response in red.