It stands out by itself as a self-contained statement of respect, and is thus difficult to weave into the surrounding text.

它自身就足以成为自足的表达敬意之语，因此难以泯然融入前后语境。

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Here's my scenario. The men, out of sheer irrational heroism, should let the women go first. And the women, out of sheer feminist self-respect, should refuse.

这是我的，男人，出于完全非理性的英雄主义，首先应该让妇女先行。和妇女，出于纯粹的女性主义者的自尊，应当拒绝。

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Self-respect arises only out of people who play an active role in solving their own crises and who are not helpless, passive, puppet-like recipients of private or public services.

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It turns out that in addition to the potential for walk-ins by significant others and soul-crushing lack of self-respect in the morning, would-be Internet Lotharios now have to worry about being blackmailed.

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