Respect is a word you hear a lot these days. Rich men command it; young men thump their chests and demand it; and old men complain if they don't get it. We need money and sometimes we want power, but our egos crave respect as much as our hearts crave love. Disrespect is so universally hated that the noun itself doesn't carry enough power to satisfy us. So we've made it into a slang verb.
"Don't you disrespect me!"
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And there you go...
Posted by tripp at December 12, 2006 06:38 AMdude, you have a train on the table...that is awesome ... i love toy trains...
the nidge has one on their table, too...yay trains
Posted by: justin at December 12, 2006 08:05 AMWhy are all the people in your sidebar about respect, of the male persuasion?
Posted by: Megan at December 12, 2006 11:27 AMI dunno. You would have to ask the author. I linked to the essay.
Posted by: Tripp at December 12, 2006 11:30 AMNo, I'm asking you, you picked the quote!
Posted by: Megan at December 12, 2006 11:45 AMIt is simply how the author wrote his essay. I chose the quotation because I found it interesting.
Posted by: Tripp at December 12, 2006 11:57 AMTwo questions... first, do you think women, generally, feel differently about respect than men do? And second, would you have considered adjusting the wording of the quotation to be more inclusive?
Posted by: Megan at December 12, 2006 11:59 AMForst question: I imagine that the dynamics are fairly similar, though, often, the contexts may still be different enough to have an effect on how respect is perceived and thus feelings may vary. Our society is still shifting. Equality does not exist. Thus experiences around respect are likely shifting...
Second...The words belong to someone else. I wouldn't feel right changing the language.
Posted by: Tripp at December 12, 2006 12:11 PMI would expect any language change to be acknowledged publicly, perhaps using square brackets [like this] to indicate additions or alternatives, the way some newspapers do.
As you have it now, women aren't even on the respect radar.
I will now stop beating this dead horse. Promise. :-)
Posted by: Megan at December 12, 2006 03:27 PMAh, poor Trigger.
As a confession, I had not even noticed until you pointed it out. So for tomorrow I will try to be more ballanced. "Just as it is impossible to be at the same moment both a plant and a seed, so it is impossible for us to be surrounded by worldly honor and at the same time to bear heavenly fruit." --Amma Syncletica
She was the bomb.
Posted by: Tripp at December 12, 2006 03:32 PM