To Judge Or Not To Judge

That is the question.


In my experience, people, in general, are judgmental. Not necessarily in the mean sort of way but in the automatic perception of things that are presented to them at face value. I was reading an article today on Huffington Post about engagement ring discrimination.

Yup. Engagement ring discrimination.

Now, we all know that the best thing about online articles is the comments section. The debate on this topic was actually less criticizing back and forth and more frank discussion on the ACTUAL effects of wearing your gifted bling when interviewing.
It was said on an online job board that women who are interviewing for new jobs should NOT wear an engagement ring as they will be discriminated against by those who feel that cut, carat and color are an indicator of what kind of money is already in your bank account or your fiance's bank account. The argument is that you are not to be taken seriously as YOU, soon to be Mrs. Moneybags, will not take your job seriously as, the assumption being that, you will be consumed by the planning of your wedding, the blissful honeymoon vacation you will be taking after, the maternity-leave to shortly follow and the eventual two-weeks notice as you just can't bear leaving your beautiful cherub with a stranger at home.

High-class problems.

My question is: When did the world become so judgmental?
I can't tell if it's because I'm a Libra or if I really just don't care, but that is not how my mind operates. I've always looked at issues from the outside and viewed all arguments as if they were my own but I never actually come to a finite conclusion based on my one-sided perception of some one else's life that I know nothing about.

It bothers me that no one stops to think about the myriad of issues this person could face in their day to day life just because they have a 3-Carat Ascher cut on their left hand. One of the commenters noted that she will never take off the ring her late husband gave her - but needs to work because she doesn't actually have a wealthy husband to 'take care' of her (I hate that term).
In this time of high mortgage interest rates and higher divorce rates, who wouldn't want a back-up plan?

WHO'S BUSINESS IS IT ANYWAY?

People should be hired based on their abilities and ambitions, not the assumption that you 'need' to work.

But who am I to judge your hiring tactics?