Note: I have tried to be respectful with the terms I've used - so if, unknowingly, I have used an inappropriate term, no offense or disrespect intended. And please feel free to let me know.
What do you notice first when you see a person?
Their sex, their race, their age, their body size, their physical ability/disability, the "niceness" of their clothes - i.e. poor, average, wealthy, their style of dress (including religious outfit, skimpy clothing, bulky, average, artistic, etc.)
So let's say you see someone who has several of those characteristics - someone who is female, black, very well toned, 50 year old, dressed in expensive-looking attire - what would you notice first? That it is a woman or that it is a black person? That she looks rich, fit, or in her 50s?
Let's say you see a child dressed in faded raggy clothes, unkept hair, white skin, rail-thin, girl, happy smile - what would stand out most?
What if it was someone in a scooter or wheelchair - do you think that would catch your attention before it registered whether they were female, male, black/white/latino(a)/aboriginal/oriental asian/south-east asian/middle-eastern/etc, rich, poor, thin, overweight/obese, and so on?
Impressions often occur within a split-second, sometimes it can be hard to know what we tune into first, and what seems to "take precedence" over what. Anyways, I'm curious and interested to hear what you think.
What do you notice first when you see a person?
Their sex, their race, their age, their body size, their physical ability/disability, the "niceness" of their clothes - i.e. poor, average, wealthy, their style of dress (including religious outfit, skimpy clothing, bulky, average, artistic, etc.)
So let's say you see someone who has several of those characteristics - someone who is female, black, very well toned, 50 year old, dressed in expensive-looking attire - what would you notice first? That it is a woman or that it is a black person? That she looks rich, fit, or in her 50s?
Let's say you see a child dressed in faded raggy clothes, unkept hair, white skin, rail-thin, girl, happy smile - what would stand out most?
What if it was someone in a scooter or wheelchair - do you think that would catch your attention before it registered whether they were female, male, black/white/latino(a)/aboriginal/oriental asian/south-east asian/middle-eastern/etc, rich, poor, thin, overweight/obese, and so on?
Impressions often occur within a split-second, sometimes it can be hard to know what we tune into first, and what seems to "take precedence" over what. Anyways, I'm curious and interested to hear what you think.
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