are we really looking for love and respect?

on fashion.
Women actually control the world. if you don't want men looking at you with lust, then wear something respectable. Remember that you present yourself the way you want to be treated. So if you're going about wearing very short shorts, showing off your bra strap with a backless shirt, then it's not hard to tell what and who you're trying to attract.
Why cover your lap with your bag, when you're riding the jeepney, wearing super mini skirt, and knowing you're a little over than chubby? There's such a thing as pair of pants, or at least knee-length shorts/skirt, you know. that way you wouldn't have to use your bag, you wouldn't have to be too conscious, you wouldn't attract unnecessary stares --- nothing, but respect.
Sometimes our vanity gets the better of us. There's nothing wrong with wanting to look good in front of people. Beauty is truth, and reflecting beauty which each of us has, is just the same as proclaiming truth. Nothing wrong with wanting to be beautiful, so long as it doesn't sacrifice respect, so long as it doesn't cause others to look at you with lust.
Don't be a fashion victim.
and don't enslave yourself with fashion, let fashion work for you.

on love.
Women still control the world on love. Physiologically, women think more rationally than men do, and it is for this very reason that women are not easily driven by their bodily senses. And again, it is for this reason that women could actually say "no" more than men could.
*but for the men: that's not an excuse for you to easily go with your senses, because even so, you have brains, you have your minds. so act like you have one.
For the hopeless romantics: nothing wrong with wanting to be loved, but nothing wrong either with giving yourself a little respect, a little dignity. Don't just do whatever he asks from you, because once again, you control however you want to be treated.

Women are smart, but it's such a big disappointment to see those who forget they are.

women empowerment? i don't see any other way to ask from men that we be respected, than to show them ourselves that we are worthy of respect, that we are humans with dignity. There is indeed a need of change from men, but more so from women.