Lust, Caution
How do you know just by meeting a person that you don't like him or her?
Might it be the clothes they wear; but if so, what is it that provokes such distaste or even revulsion? Perhaps the cut of his suit and his out of place necktie, or her neckline which plunges half an inch too far.
Or perhaps it is his manner of speaking; the way he squints and contorts his eyebrows, making his face seem more expressive than his voice ever could be. It could even be something you do not see - her tone seems inexplicably discordant and ill-paired with the words that sally from her lips.
Is this instant, instinctive displeasure a fault, and if so, whose is it? His, for his overbearing and obnoxious manner; hers, for her servility and obsequiousness; or yours, for an inherent distrust and irrational prejudice?
How do you know just by meeting a person that you don't like him or her?
Might it be the clothes they wear; but if so, what is it that provokes such distaste or even revulsion? Perhaps the cut of his suit and his out of place necktie, or her neckline which plunges half an inch too far.
Or perhaps it is his manner of speaking; the way he squints and contorts his eyebrows, making his face seem more expressive than his voice ever could be. It could even be something you do not see - her tone seems inexplicably discordant and ill-paired with the words that sally from her lips.
Is this instant, instinctive displeasure a fault, and if so, whose is it? His, for his overbearing and obnoxious manner; hers, for her servility and obsequiousness; or yours, for an inherent distrust and irrational prejudice?
