Respect

[sonia]

A quote via the Emotional Labor summary of these words of wisdom: "A great explanation of why 'be respectful' especially across unstated power dynamics fails."

Sometimes people use 'respect' to mean 'treating someone like a person' and sometimes they use 'respect' to mean 'treating someone like an authority'

and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say 'if you won't respect me I won't respect you' and they mean 'if you won't treat me like an authority I won't treat you like a person'

and they think they're being fair but they aren't, and it's not okay.

That resonates like a big clanging bell.