When we address someone with respect, we are more often than likely to get respect - not always, but more often than you think, and if you're smart, that ought to be enough. Common courtesy - "please", "thank you", "excuse me"... magical words, magical words.
Sir Sidney Poitier - Mark Thackeray

“- Dr. Suzanne Carter: Look, you have to understand how hard it is to get resp...
- Paul Blake: Respect as a female teacher, yeah. You ought to try getting respect as a football player sometime.”
Harley Jane Kozak - Dr. Suzanne Carter
Scott Bakula - Paul Blake

“Didn't yo mama eva tell you how ta treat a lady? That's not nice.”
Jamie Kennedy - Brad 'B-Rad' Gluckman

“- B-rad: Shut up, ho.
- Shondra: Who you callin' ho, ho?
- B-rad: Yo, ho, the same ho that gave up that weak-ass kiss five minutes ago in the bedroom.”
Jamie Kennedy - Brad 'B-Rad' Gluckman
Regina Hall - Shondra

“- Beth Mimms: Jim Younger, there are some things that a gentleman does not ask a lady!
- Bob Younger: Beth, when you're old enough to call yourself a lady, I'll keep that in mind.”
Amy Stryker - Beth Mimms
Robert Carradine - Bob Younger