Everyone claims they know what it means to respect a woman. Weather it's the girlfriend who is getting spoiled with material items, or the boyfriend who thinks his girl is lucky because he spends fifty percent of his paycheck on her. While, yes, monetary spending on a girl can be nice, it isn’t everything. Pet names like, bae, honey, or something that may be an inside joke isn’t everything. Even those couple-y Instagram post that you get hundreds of likes on isn't everything.

Respect is so much important than all of the things that people can physically see. Respecting a woman isn’t assuming that's she’s so shallow that the pet names, and the gifts, and the Instagram posts are the only thing that matters to her. Respecting a woman is not only respecting her body, but her mind and her soul equally.

It’s not just treating her as just a woman, but as person.

Even though we’re about to go into 2018, women are still viewed as fragile and as needing to be taken care of. Many don’t realize that women can be feminine AND independent.

Respecting a woman is allowing her to be herself and allowing her to grow without thinking that she need you in her life. Respecting a woman is knowing that she has her own personal identity outside of your relationship and she has her own voice that needs to be heard. Taking the action of assisting her in her growth, knowing her identity and listening to her voice are all ways you can honor the person that she is.

Respecting a woman is understanding that no means no, and not acting on your own desires. No means no in not only a sexual sense, but also in every aspect of her life. Respect her thought process and her choices. I’m not saying that you should accept everything she does, because at the end of the day women are human beings (I know a strange concept) and we make mistakes, but she’s a not a child, she doesn’t need you telling her that she doesn’t know what shes talking about because she's a woman.

At the end of the day treat a woman like you treat any individual you respect.