I dunno... I don't think it should be thought of as respecting "girls/women", I think people should just think of it as respecting each other. I'm kind of the person that doesn't like to separate things by gender. And I feel awkward when men hold the door open for me. I know it's supposed to be a nice thing to do... but I can't help feeling weird when it happens. (By "holding the door open" I mean somebody not just walking in and holding the door with his or her arm until you grab it, I mean somebody standing outside of said area and holding the door for you to go in first.)
I took a sociology class last semester where we talked about things like this. Like, back in the day, a woman WOULD NOT open the door, she would wait until a man came to open the door for her. Then, it was seen as a masculine thing to do (I guess compare it to something like working out. Today, it's normal for both men and women to work out, but it still seems masculine).
One of my, I guess, "pet peeves" is the whole "never hit a woman" thing. I think it should just be, "never hit anyone, unless it's in self defense". Let's face it, there are plenty of women that are abusive wives and such. I think if anyone, and I mean ANYONE, hits you, you should have the right to hit back, if you feel that you're doing it in self defense.
I'm more the person for equality, for everybody.