The beautiful wives and pageants aren’t really a good defense for necessarily respecting women.
But the women executives are—and he’s reportedly relied on a number of them over the decades.
Just for the record, I said that running the Miss America and his exemplary taste in wives is an indication that he *loves* women.
To be fair, the implication is also that he respects and treats women with dignity, and the reason I say that is no one could do it for as long as he did and get away with unfair or unsavory treatment to the ladies.