WOMEN, do you think that MEN are LESS respectful towards you, than they were 50 YEARS ago ?

Question

That is the ultimate question. Whether it stems from social relations,

to political ones. Best answer wins.............

Answer 1

ABSOLUTELY!!!

Men today do not respect themselves, so how can you expect them to respect a woman?

Besides that, young people do not have manners today, nor do they respect their parents or elders.  

This question is not a social relations question.  It has to do with the fact that the parents aren't teaching their children to respect anyone older than them.  If children don't learn at home, how are they going to know to respect others when they are older?

In my day, a man stood when a woman walked into a room, they pulled chairs out for ladies, held doors open, let the lady sit first, never wore a hat at the table, said: please and thank-you, didn't belch or f**t in front of a woman, complemented a woman on her looks, etc..

Men today lack knowledge of how to treat women.  It's sad.

Answer 2

Respect is earned - always has and always will.  You cannot demand respect, while asking for special treatment.  

Answer 3

I think people in general are much less respectful of others period....

Parents have nearly stopped teaching their children to respect other people Where does it begin?  At home.

Answer 4

Well, fifty years ago I was only two, and I don't have any very clear recollection of whether men back then were respectful to me or not.

Whether men are more respectful now than then generally I have no idea.  I suppose men nowadays are more used to associating with women in business etc, but whether that has made them more or less respectful I don't know.

Answer 5

I think it is the women that have become so loose in their behavoirs that men have no problem treating some of them the way they act.    Not all women are like that.   But the ones who have no cares about anything or anyone will try to act like they are sexier and puts us other women in the same catogory, which we are not.     There are alot of "s***s " out there but there are also alot of respectable women at the same time.    Alot of  women made men act like they do toward's us and men  should define who is respectable and those who are not.     We are all not the same.    Some of women DO care and have values!

Answer 6

I cannot speak from personal experience since I wasn't alive 50 years ago, but from older female family members and friends who did experience life 50 years ago, they say men are less respectful now.

None of the women I have spoken with felt like they were treated like "damsels in distress".  They were considered strong and capable and were trusted with major decisions concerning the running of their household.  The amount of work they did(though in the more traditional areas) was immense compared to modern times and they were respected for their strong work ethic and treated with a great deal of respect from their own husbands and men in the community.  

These women said they never had to deal with inappropriate sexual comments or just blatantly rude behavior from men.

Answer 7

Of coarse now all men want to do is score and have s*x with us. and they don't care  if they hurt are feelings. 50 years ago it was about being married and being happy. and in songs  men refer us to B**** and H** so much women even call themselves that . Of coarse men dont treat women or value them with respect

Answer 8

Not if you act like you deserve their respect. If you act like you are easy they will treat you that way but if you act like you deserve respect they will respect you. Times don't really change as much as people do. Back then women acted like they deserved respect, some still do but a lot of women these days don't respect themselves so men don't respect them either.

Answer 9

No. Now, for the most part, they treat us like equal and capable human beings instead of little damsels who need their protection.

Answer 10

To answer that, people would have to know how men were 50 years ago. That rules out every reasonably young woman from answering this question.  

Answer 11

Well...as that was several decades before i was born....i cant put a personal spin on this.

I can say that my grandmother, seems to think so and has stated numerous times that she was born in the wrong time period.  That she wishes she had the chance to do the things women of today do.  Says that females of today are very lucky, we really have no idea.

So i would say that women are more respected today, simply b/c we can be what and who we want to be....rather then what the culture says we are.  

Answer 12

I certainly don't think so. The number one cause of death of pregnant women is homicide - being murdered by their husbands or partners. Spousal abuse is at an all time high. Stalking by ex's, whether ex-boyfriends or ex-husbands is a serious problem in America.The language men use among younger women is appalling. Are women getting more respect?  The statistics prove the opposite to be true. I don't think there will ever be such a thing as equality because it doesn't exist. Men and women were designed to have complementary strengths and skills, not to be equal.