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What are you thoughts on judging what others read or on how others judge you based on what you read?

Asked by Simone_De_Beauvoir (39052points) June 29th, 2009

I am an avid reader, always have been, I’ve read many different kinds of books…people, I have noticed, do pay attention to what books I read and it makes them think they have a better understanding of me…I’ve been wondering if you’ve ever felt judged for what you’re reading or if if you’ve ever judge another based on what they’re reading…I know that when I sometimes see someone deeply into a beaten up, read over and oover Bible, I wonder what new insights could one possibly be getting out…then again I read Harry Potter over and over and I know people think it’s so strange to see an adult do that…of course then there are books that when one sees me reading them, they are intrigued (like if a man sees me reading my ‘history of masculinity’ book, it always feels like he gets haughtier, to prove that this doesn’t bother him)...I’m thinking of a getting a Kindle, I find it interesting that that way people will have no way of knowing what I’m reading and whether or not that would bother them…we often look over the shoulder of what others are reading anyway, but we do judge books by their covers and people by the covers of the books they read..

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