I treat everybody as an individual. In that regard men and women have an equal change of gaining my respect through their actions and the content of their character. I'm one of those people that thinks respect does indeed need to be earned. To me it's more accurate so say I treat everybody with dignity and consideration until they do something to show they no longer deserve it. To have my respect somebody goes a step further than that. They have to go above and beyond. I hold myself to the same standard when it comes to them in turn. Respect, to me, means you put the person in high esteem because of what they do, not who they are, and it takes more than existing to do that.