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How Are YOU Getting Respect?

We want to hear your stories about how you stand up for your rights, get, and give respect in your relationships and what you're doing to take action to spread respect in your world. Fill out the form below to tell us about how you're fighting for girls' rights and respect for all. Your story could be published on the RespectRx.com--I'll email you if your story is picked!

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If your story/comments are chosen to be published on our Web site, or in any other publications or articles by the authors, identifying information, including your name, will be changed to protect your identity and privacy. We will never share your name, phone number, email, or address with anyone. We just collect this info to confirm details of your story, should we choose to publish it on RespectRx.com. And if your story is chosen (and you say it's OK) to be featured in a future book or article, you will be contacted to confirm the details and to have your parents (if you're under 18) sign an official form saying it’s OK to print your fabulous true story. Read more about our privacy policy here.

Girls under 13

We would love to get your take on respect, but due to Internet laws, we cannot gather information from you via this Web site. Please come back when you’re 13 or write our publisher for how to participate.

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We want to hear all about your struggles and accomplishments in your fight for respect! Please don’t leave out the details—the longer your story the better. Write freely in the space at the end of this form, choose a Q&A topic (there are three total), or do it all—it’s totally up to you.

HOW I BUILT MY SELF-RESPECT
1. How have you struggled to respect your mind and body? Describe your disrespect dilemmas.
2. How did you change things for the better? For example, what’s changed about how you treat and talk to yourself, spend your time, or think about the world and girls’ roles and rights?
3. Did you ever feel the need to get help so you could respect yourself more? What did you do, or who did you reach out to?
4. How do you feel today about your mind, body and future? How do you respect yourself each and every day?

HOW I’M GETTING AND GIVING RESPECT IN MY RELATIONSHIPS
1. How have you struggled to create respect in a relationship (like with a family member, friend or boyfriend/girlfriend)? Describe any disrespect that was going on.
2. How did you change things for the better?
3. Tell us more about how you’re keeping the respect flowing in your relationships, like how you speak up, set boundaries, or deal with disrespect that won’t end.

HOW I’M FIGHTING FOR MY RIGHTS
1. Have you ever stood up against disrespect at school, your community, or beyond?
2. What problem were you trying to solve, and what inspired you to take up the cause?
3. What steps did you take?
4. How have you helped change things for the better?

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Have a true story about how you got respect that doesn’t fit in the above questions? Spill it here!

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