Disrespecting the woman, yet expecting her to keep respecting you is as selfish as it gets.
That's dominance, not love.
I thought you were smart, but I clearly see you're not a smart man.
A woman doesn't just wake up one day and become stubborn, or distant, or emotionally cold.
People become guarded for a reason.
Those reactions are not random.
They are protective responses.
They are trauma responses to your abuse.
What you're seeing is not attitude.
It's defense.
It's her heart learning to survive what it keeps experiencing.
When a woman feels repeatedly disrespected, neglected, or emotionally ignored,
her vulnerability doesn't disappear.
It hides.
And what you call stubbornness is often her way of protecting what you have been careless with.
This is a trauma response to repeated emotional pain.
So if you constantly dismiss her, overlook her, treat her feelings like they don't matter,
don't turn around and label her as disrespectful, not submissive, and stubborn.
I know that you're favourite terminology.
Examine your behaviour before you criticise her reaction to it.
She's not asking for perfection.
She's asking for something...