You can use self-respecting with a noun describing a particular type of person to indicate that something is typical of, or necessary for, that type of person.
He died as any self-respecting gangster should–in a hail of bullets.
No self-respecting golfer would choose to win an Olympic gold medal over a MastersGreen Jacket.
Examples of 'self-respecting' in a sentence
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What mature and self-respecting person could do anything else?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But they want that from a self-respecting woman who has a backbone and who first and foremost loves herself.
The Sun (2011)
Nor will any self-respecting woman.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
What not to have on your bookshelf There is a whole genre of books that no self-respecting person ought to have on their shelves.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
EVERY self-respecting 80s fan knows that bright nail varnish can polish off your look perfectly.