Jared Donigian
November 1, 2015
Respecting Women
Since the day I could speak my parents shaped me to be a good person in the future.
Although my parents made me learn many of the things I know on my own, they did make sure
I knew a few things. These two things are proper manners and how to treat a woman right.
Showing respect is a given for the typical conduct in the twenty-first century. Most men want
women to like them, the fact that men often treat women in rude, unethical ways which will
completely contradict how they want women to treat them back. It’s very unfortunate that
many men treat women in ways like this. I have learned how to treat a woman from my family,
seeing poor examples and having other social influences as well.
Respecting women sets good examples for people around us. Clearly, a woman does
not have the strength to defend herself against a man typically. But what they do have is a
voice and mental strength to overcome a whole bunch of things. Women have been
disrespected for many years. In the passed, they couldn’t own land, vote or leave the house.
Obviously, in our lifetimes this wasn’t true, but in previous centuries, it certainly is. Women are
the building blocks of our life. And I have no idea how a man of good honor could possibly
disrespect a woman and feel okay about it.
As a child my dad battled many problems which often lead to my parents arguing often.
Growing up in a situation like this, my parents filed for divorce two times. Luckily for me, they
always worked out their differences and never ended up going through with the divorces. But
that was a very pivotal time for me. I saw things I shouldn’t have and heard things I shouldn’t
have. My dad would sometimes call my mother hurtful names and me being 14 or 15 years old,
I could never do anything about it. At that time, I lost so much respect for my father. The fact
that he could say such things to the mother of his children enraged me. Knowing all that my
mother has done for our family and seeing my father belittle her in a time of struggle like this
completely made me sick. From that day, I learned from example on how NOT to treat a
woman.
Other things have happened within my family regarding the treatment of women. After
my parents got married in 1995, they had three rooms at MGM Grand Casino in Detroit. Of
course this being a big day for so many people, everyone was very intoxicated. My mother’s
youngest sister unfortunately passed out drunk on the couch in her room. When she woke up,
man was raping her and she started screaming and panicking. Unfortunately for her, she
couldn’t do anything about it. The next day the man got arrested and went to jail for Statutory
