Physical appeal

So this thought popped into my head last night while I was doing some late night pondering or what my mom would like to describe as "Nothing better to do ah!" in her Malaysian Chinese accent. The subject was ignited in my thought processor when an indirect act of favouritism based on physical appeal was acted upon me (well at least I took it that way). It is evident that physical appearance plays a part in how you're judged. First impressions are solely based on physical appearance. For instance, if you see a man who's dressed in torn and ragged clothes sitting by a sidewalk. Naturally, as humans we would assume he's a beggar but you'd never know he could be a billionaire. Though it came to me that, since its so normal in human nature to judge easily by physical appearance, does that happen amongst friends? Taking in perspective personality as well. I went around school asking a few friends what they'd do given the situation where there were two people with exactly the same personality (although this is highly unlikely) but one is less attractive than the other. who would you choose to be closer to? Many picked the prettier one. Which is evident how looks play that much of an importance to how someone is judged even when personality is taken into consideration.Which is sad because it proves how shallow the world is. Though I can't say much about society because I am a part of it as well. Such is the world.

Jane.