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I do think some women have a sense of entitlement that being a female alone demands respect.. nobodies owed anything in this world you should get treated the way you treat other people..
Since I have lived I have heard so many times that a man should respect a woman. But I don't think I have once heard someone say that a woman should have respect for a man. What is this all about?
Actually someone wrote a whole book on it. My wife & I both read it and found it pretty good.
Well it is common sense...but it seems, as a whole, there is an imbalance of respect between men and women Could be because of the feminist movement which empowered women, but also made them overpowered to the point where they can easily trash another man for his despicable actions, but men can't easily do the same to women in a similar situation...or else they scream sexism
Would you like to elaborate on that, perhaps with some specific examples.
Since I have lived I have heard so many times that a man should respect a woman. But I don't think I have once heard someone say that a woman should have respect for a man. What is this all about?
Respect is a two-way street. To get respect you have to give it. Women who respect themselves and others tend to garner respect from men and vice versa. Respect shouldn't be handed out on a silver platter.
I know that you just didn`t start this thread to cause` a "battle of the sexes" argument.
Ya think?
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Would you like to elaborate on that, perhaps with some specific examples.
Oh God. LOL.
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Respect is a two-way street. To get respect you have to give it. Women who respect themselves and others tend to garner respect from men and vice versa. Respect shouldn't be handed out on a silver platter.
I agree with this. But there is a general level of respect you give to everyone until they have shown they don't deserve it.
Since I have lived I have heard so many times that a man should respect a woman. But I don't think I have once heard someone say that a woman should have respect for a man. What is this all about?
you should allow women to walk all over you. it is good for you, trust me.
The "respect" women notion which has supposedly been foisted on men was probably put in play to counteract the decades, even centuries of "obey" husband/father/brother/anybody-with-a penis that was militantly imposed on women.
Because women have been (and are still, in many places in the world) expected to obey a man and men routinely understood this to be the status quo changes to laws and society in general have meant that men need to unlearn the expectation that women will obey them. Respect women was a good way to go with it and I like that women (particularly the ladies around here) have very quickly expanded it to respect others.
You don't stay away from them out of respect. You avoid them because you seem certain you will be rejected. That has nothing to do with respect and if you had more confidence you would not mind "harassing" women at bars.
Everyone should be respectful to everyone else, regardless of gender. That's just living in polite society.
That sums it up nicely.
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Could be because of the feminist movement which empowered women, but also made them overpowered to the point where they can easily trash another man for his despicable actions, but men can't easily do the same to women in a similar situation...or else they scream sexism
