Respect African American Women

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As a man raised by an African American women who expects nothing less than respect. I learned to show all women respect and treat other women as I would want someone to treat her. Which means holding the door open for her, pulling the chair out if possible and even walking with her to make sure she is safe. They might be simple things, but these simple things can mean so much more to women because they feel respected and treated like a human being and not a piece of meat. One way I respect women is never calling them out of their names. Women should not be called anything, but the name their mothers and father gave to them. There’s no excuse for a man to ever speak down to a women by calling her a female dog or anything sort of thing like

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