There is a quote: respect is hard to get and easy to lose. Respect is based on all areas of life. If someone loves you, he must respect you, there is no real love without respect. If you have no respect in your friend circles, your friends are fake. Also, when you have no authority at work, it means you are disrespected.
Some people are born to be respected, but others must work hard to gain respect. Imagine a woman with big breasts and children face in business circles. She must try hard to get respect for her cooperators. The human mind is superficial and very often people will not think of her as a business lady. Stereotypes are obstacles on the way to respect because it is hard to change what is in other's heads. You can help yourself in this situation, to teach people what they can't do. If you wear dirty clothes, if you swear until you are talking, your message is clear: "I don't expect respect from you."
Barbara was a really sexy nurse and nobody gets her serious. Even some doctors had a habit to pinch her or comment her big decolletage. One day it was enough, and she replied properly on the joke about her. When she was sitting, her boss said: "You can open legs more to see your panties. " She replied: "At your age, I would buy bigger glasses. "
It was a scandal but she earned respect as in prison, in a harder way. Sometimes we must play games to earn respect. Sometimes we will be in a situation to slap a person who shows disrespect.
The same is on social networks. There are so many traps where people can feel disrespected. When someone adds you and ask for sex on camera, this person is bad-mannered. Delete and block, because, so pity you can't slap him or her. Unfortunately, social networks are the lair of disrespectful people and they have all the freedom to express this.
If you want that others show respect, you must have self-respect. Don't let people make bad jokes with you, to spit on you without punishment. Some people learn in a hard way, the same as a donkey who needs a paddle to behave. There is a difference between joke and provocation and this boundary is connected with respect. If you think you don't deserve respect, others will feel this and you will not get what you ask for.
Start with yourself and your respect will grow day by day. One of the most important things which you need to know is how to use NO and YES. In your mind is a list of what you allow, and what is forbidden. Surround yourself with people who respect you, because respect is a chain. Once when you wear an invisible crown, others will know that they can't mess with you.