What is SELF RESPECT?

Question

If you don't respect yourself will people consider you a w***e. What does it mean to respect yourself.

Answer 1

It's means you can say 'no' without feeling pressured or guilty about your decisions.

Answer 2

self respect is the respect towards one's principles and opinions.....people always say that for someone to respect others one must first learn to respect others.....it is related to the act of knowing one's life value and appreciating it.....basically what i'm trying to say is that self respect is all about knowing your own self and honouring it.....as simple as that.....i leave the rest to you......

Answer 3

respecting yourself

Answer 4

Self-respect is ultimately about being true to yourself.  It is about not allowing others to walk all over you, and disregard your wishes and needs.

However, in order to be true to yourself and have the confidence and self-assurance to respect yourself fully, we must also treat others with respect...  This means respecting yourself involves respecting others, as we will have the peace of mind to give ourselves the respect we deserve!

As a final thought, it is worth noting that respect is given, not taken, which means that we cannot command others to give us respect.  In a similar vein, we must allow ourself to respect ourself...  Develop your own self-confidence, be kind to yourself, and your self-respect will follow!

Answer 5

It means to speak out for who you are or can be rather than where people try to keep you from getting fair credit.

  If, as a job-seeking woman eager to work, a man you are dating tells you to stay at home and clean and you say if he enforces that you'll ditch him, that's self-respect.

  If you spend all college studying music and doing well at it and someone who doesn't agree with your music style says you need to take kindergarten music theory and you cuss them out, that's self-respect.

  If you strongly believe in being very reserved and a guy asks you for a one-night stand, saying no is self-respect.  

   On the other hand if a guy tries to hold you in with a marriage and you believe you deserve to continue your lifestyle of being single and free to sleep around, that can also be self-respect.

  Self-respect is being true to one's own goals and not letting other people randomly rule them out, no matter how "good" or "bad" the goals may be morally.

Answer 6

respect for ones self