"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."
-a 15yo autistic girl experiencing ABA therapy
A quote from a book that I'm currently enjoying: "Do you mean 'respect' or 'obedience'?"
Are you enjoying He Who Fights With Monsters?
Best webnovels ever!
Agreed!
Yeah, great series!
Maybe “obsequious.”