Well, as you're aware Miss Amanda, I am one of those men that's experienced an incredible and transformational new found respect for women since my chastity lockup. Before chastity, I was very chauvinistic in nature. Although I was never outright crude to women in public, my personal view of them was that of being inferior to men, as being inherently incapable of similar accomplishments. I now know that to be untrue, however, it took male chastity to make me come to that realization. There is just something about the chaste male state that makes you more receptive to all the wonderful female traits and contributions that women make to our society. If you recall, I recently described a time when my wife took me women's clothes shopping with her at some high-end clothing boutiques. There, I saw numerous beautiful women and experienced something I can't recall ever experiencing before. I took notice of all their wonderful traits. There stood before me one of the sexiest and most beautiful blonde women I had ever seen wearing a gorgeous low cut dress and strappy gladiator sandals and looking absolutely fabulous. Before male chastity, the first thing I would have done when confronted with such a lovely woman would be to sexually degrade her in my mind, imagining her naked and engaging in all kinds of sexual acts. With male chastity however, and despite how sexually attracted I was to this woman, even much more so while chaste, I did not engage in such a thought process; instead, I began to admire her beauty and sexual appeal, taking notice of her hair, makeup, how intelligent she sounded, etc. I thought about what she might have done for a living and where she was planning to wear the outfit she was trying on. I couldn't believe what had happened, I was experiencing an undeniably profound respect for this woman. It was truly an awakening that made me realize that a transformation was taking place within me and I began to pay close attention at my interaction with women in society thereafter. I've never recalled saying "yes ma'am" or holding as many doors open for women so many times in my entire life since my journey with male chastity began. I used to sexually degrade women who chose to wear something sexy, but now I realize that the problem has always been with me, I was the one who didn't like the power that women's sexuality had over me and found it intimidating. A woman has the right to wear whatever she chooses and it's my responsibility to remain respectful. When I'm chaste now, I can't help but pay attention and remain respectful of women, it's completely beyond my control. It's ironic to think that the hornier I am, the more polite, patient, and respectful I am of women. The role male chastity has had and continues to have in my new found dense of respect for women is not easy to understand, but it's caused me to spend many hours in self reflection, attempting to understand how the two are related. One theory that I've gravitated to includes the following: the sexual attraction that men feel towards women evolved as a method of facilitating the social interaction between the two sexes; therefore, when men diminish the sexual attraction they feel towards women by way of frequent sex or more often through masturbation, it causes them to take women for granted and fail to take notice of their beauty, intelligence, and many wonderful characteristics. Since masturbation is no longer an option for relieving that sexual desire, I'm forced to channel my sexual desire into an ever increasing admiration of women. I was attacked by other men on CM for hypothesizing this, but it's my opinion and based on my personal experience with male chastity.