my belief is that respect is earned at a human level before anything else...if i do not respect you as a human being i sure am not going to respect you in any other capacity of life...however if you have gained enough trust for my Master (with my consent) to allow you to Dom (or top) me then yes, i do think that some level of respect should be recognized...

i mean, no stranger would just walk up to you on the street and say "i have the utmost respect for you" without some reason to...so yeah....i think it is most definitley earned...and not very easily won back if that respect is ever lost or destroyed...