be treated with more respect

I’m awkward. Not only that, but I’m very small for my age. 5’1 1/2”, not even a hundred pounds. People don’t respect me like they respect other women my age, even girls that are younger than me. I’m not taken seriously, I’m told what to do when I shouldn’t be, I’m laughed at, I’ve been bullied by so called “friends” so many times. I try to stand up for myself, something I’ve never been good at, but there’s only so much I can do.