How Important Are Men Respect

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There are many ways to define a man, but they get their definition from the actions they uphold. Some men are well respected because of the success they have earned over time. While others earn respect not from their level of success, but from the hard work they have done over the years. Respect means a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements. This deep admiration can be easily taken away by a dishonorable act done by a man. In the Wife of Bath a knight carry’s out an atrocious act that causes the respect citizens have for him to greatly change, while in The Men We Carry in our Minds have earned respect over the years with hard work and dedication to provide for their family. Respect is incredibly important to a man which is why they try their best to earn the respect of others through accomplishments and hard work. In “The Men we carry in our Minds” he explains that men have it hard, because they have the weight of having to …show more content…

Keeping the respect from others is also something men have to deal with, they are constantly criticized if they do not get one thing done correctly. Often men loose respect for many reasons such as poor decisions, not being a good father, disappointing family, those are just some of the most common reasons. Those men who earn respect through hard work tend to not risk losing that respect, because how hard they worked for it. When the Knight on the other hand knows he has power and has the mind set of being able to do as he pleases. For example, the knight did a very did honorable thing one night. He saw this pretty woman and knew he had the power to get what he wanted from her. He took advantage of this woman and raped her. This is against his code of honor of being a knight. Since he decided to make this choice his knightly hood can be taken away and others no longer respect

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