Why do so many men disrespect women?

Answer 1

Society has raised men to objectify (and therefor not respect as human beings) women. Men are taught subtley, from a very young age, that the world belongs to them.

How many movies or television shows have a complicated, interesting male character and a flat two dimensional "love interest" who is only around to make the male character look better because he "wins" her or rescues her heroically, or has great sex with her, etc? So while men get this inflated image of themselves, women learn that they are simply objects of beauty to be won.

Then if that isn't enough we get signals from our parents. We see brothers allowed to do whatever they want while sisters aren't allowed to date. There is a doublestandard employed.

Personally I think some of this is starting to come around. We are starting to get interesting female characters who are people in their own right. People are starting to think about how society treats women and other minorities and slowly we are learning to be better.

I don't feel most men conciously disrespect women. I think most men probably don't realize they have been subtley raised to objectify. Even a guy who cat calls on the street probably thinks it is innocent, is probably unaware that he is making the girl he is whistling at feel like an object. He was just raised that way. I'm not naive, some men do have power trips and truly do hate women. Fortunately with growing education on gender realtionships they will become more and more of a dying breed. Meanwhile the rest of us will enjoy meaningful connected, balanced relationships with members of the opposite sex.

Answer 2

Disrespecting Women

Answer 3

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Answer 4

The men who disrespect women are in the same boat as those women that disrespect men. They either have problems coping with their lives or they're simply missing a few screws.

Answer 5

maybe it has to do with the way they were raised, they probably wasn't taught the proper way to respect women. although i have to say i have seen alot of women doing the very same thing towards men. there is something lacking in a big percent of the families in todays society. and if a child lacks proper structure and guidance and doesn't see hands on in their family life how to treat and respect one of the opposite sex then it leaves them with a very distorted outlook on relationships in general. you have to start from an early age to mold a child into a loving and considerate person, and it stems from not feeling loved as a child, not knowing how to love in return. i have seen this so many times in the lives of people around me.

Answer 6

simply because they are men
but u know men are stupid when it comes to sensing what the other person wants they just dont have a six sense like women

they think they are better then us and that they can control us

not all men i am sure
or at least i hope so

its just so annoying
i hope one day all women will decide to stop having affairs and sruff or having crushs on men
i mean its just because women gush over men they end up with a thick head
the men start thin king that all that

Answer 7

I think the question should be "Why do people disrespect people so much?" In my experience the women that are being 'disrespected' in a relationship are not handling themselves with very much class either.

I also think that women who continue to entertain this sort of behavior from men are disrespecting themselves. (vice versa for men) At some point we (people) must begin to make different choices to show respect to ourselves and not rely on other people for it.

Answer 8

Well I agree with the fact that it can swing both ways the guys are not always the bad folks girls can be users and abusers just as boys can-the key words are 'girls' and 'boys' however, so the 'boys' who disrespect women are immature, ruled by sexual intent and extremely self centered- a lot of girls however do not carry themselves right either and find it disgustingly acceptable to be talked about with vile slang and physical grabbiness can blame media or just lack of responsible women to show them how to carry themselves and respect themselves like they should so they're not giving dudes boners on the friggin dance floor, not sleeping with um on the first date and be able to recognize that those immature boys are not what they deserve and check um instead of taking disrespectful gestures as a sign of simply diggin them. So a lot of waking up has to be done on both parts if you dont check those boys' we will surely loose the good, strong, intellegent men that are being lost everyday and if we dont build our girls up we will lose those independent focused women who love themselves.

Answer 9

You must be referring to the Internet, where people can diss without recourse.
Honestly....this forum does not represent real life male~female interaction.
Most of these men that talk smack here, actually adore women, and are just playing a mind game.

Answer 10

How many men? Based on what? All men I ever knew respected women that showed them mutual respect.

The short answer is that they type of true respect beyond basic human respect, must be earned. It can't be bought, demanded or codified into law.