Perhaps, but people judge for a reason, and usually, these judgments turn out to be correct. If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, then 9 times out of 10 the probability is that it's a duck.
You can't hear a duck quack, in a photograph.
"Never judge a book by its cover" is one of the oldest sayings in the...well...book...for a reason. You say that 'usually, these judgements turn out to be correct.' I happen to disagree with that. I think that people, by nature, are biased, judgmental creatures. Most of the time, people confirm their judgmental opinions on the fact that they actually have no confirmation or proof to the contrary - because they make their premature judgments internally and are more apt to consider their own judgements as correct, even when they are making a judgment call on something that can never truly be confirmed. Now, I can see calling a bitch a 'bitch.' I can see calling a whore a 'whore.' What I can't see, is all of these catty chicks who see a woman in skimpy clothing and say "God, what a whore/skank/slut/bitch/etc." I'm going to just flat out disagree with you, that most people are 'correct' in their judgements (this goes double for people who base their psychoanalysis off of a single photograph). In fact, I would say that most people who are quick to judge someone, with very limited information, often don't know wtf they are talking about, or are doing so as a way to solidify their own biases.
I have friends that are bartenders, models, cheerleaders, etc. At first glance, many people would be quick to make the most typical, derogatory comments, based on what they do, or how they look/dress while doing it. The fact is that some of these friends are actually very intelligent and self-sufficient. In fact, I've often prided myself on overcoming peoples' narrow-minded judgments. You can see me walking down the street, wearing baggy jeans, a football jersey, a large chain and a backward hat. Immediately, you would think I'm some backward-ass 'thug,' simply because I happen to like the style. I would go into piano shops in the mall and look around at the instruments, looking like I just came from off the block, sit down at one of the pianos and bust out a little Beethoven. The "WTF??" looks I tend to get are absolutely priceless. Lol.
I'm all for being confident in your assessments of people, but tearing someone down, over a photograph, is just not the mark of an open-minded person, imho. It takes nothing more than socializing with people from multiple circles to know that the most audacious-dressing, fuck-me-eyes-giving flirts can actually be quite down to Earth and respectable of their own bodies, and that the most mildly-clad, seemingly-normal girls can be the most self-centered bitches you've ever met. I would say that it doesn't matter if your suspicions are right 60-70% of the time. Judging that next person, based on looks alone, betrays any notion that one is experienced enough to know that (as I said) you cannot really judge a book by its cover. Slinging vile insults at someone's assumed character, over a photograph of how they appear, is just not the mark of an open-minded individual - doesn't matter how right one assumes that they are.
/imho
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