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'''Sexual Discrimination''' is maltreatment or disparagement of one sex by the other or of special preferential treatment given to one.   

'''Sexual Discrimination''' is maltreatment or disparagement of one sex by the other, or of special preferential treatment given to one.   

== Allegations of Sexism against Men ==

== Allegations of Sexism against Men ==

=== Women-only Accomodations ===

=== Women-only Accommodations ===

"Women-only coaches" are becoming increasingly common in large cities in Japan, Brazil, and Phillipines.  While proponents of these coaches say they are an effort to prevent rampant sexual harassment on trains <ref>64% of Tokyo women stated that they had been groped in trains.[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article394630.ece]</ref><ref>http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=2750</ref>, others believe that this [[segregation]] is an instance of sexism against men.  Similar female-only accomodations are institutionalized in Muslim countries such as [[Saudi Arabia]].

"Women-only coaches" are becoming increasingly common in large cities in Japan, Brazil, and Phillipines.  While proponents of these coaches say they are an effort to prevent rampant sexual harassment on trains <ref>64% of Tokyo women stated that they had been groped in trains.[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article394630.ece]</ref><ref>http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=2750</ref>, others believe that this [[segregation]] is an instance of sexism against men.  Similar female-only accommodations are institutionalized in Muslim countries such as [[Saudi Arabia]].

In Britain there are ''women-only library sessions'', ''women-only swimming sessions'' in public swimming baths and ''women-only gyms''. Feminists do not protest against any of these women-only spaces, but they have campaigned to remove ''men-only spaces'' such as ''gentlemen's clubs'' in London, and ''working men's clubs'' elsewhere in Britain. Feminists have also campaigned to allow women join ''sports clubs'' that were previously men-only such as ''golf clubs'' and ''golf tournaments'' ''(but not to allow men into the equivalent female-only clubs)''.

In Britain there are ''women-only library sessions'', ''women-only swimming sessions'' in public swimming baths and ''women-only gyms''. Feminists do not protest against any of these women-only spaces, but they have campaigned to remove ''men-only spaces'' such as ''gentlemen's clubs'' in London, and ''working men's clubs'' elsewhere in Britain. Feminists have also campaigned to allow women join ''sports clubs'' that were previously men-only such as ''golf clubs'' and ''golf tournaments'' ''(but not to allow men into the equivalent female-only clubs)''.

=== Affirmative Action ===  

=== Affirmative Action ===  

Some allege that [[Affirmative Action]] is sexism against men, because it gives advantages to equally or even less qualified women.  They point to:

Some allege that [[affirmative action]] is sexism against men, because it gives advantages to equally or even less qualified women.  They point to:

Norwegian Companies: The 500 companies listed on Norway's stock exchange face being shut down unless they install at least 40% women on their boards over the next two years. <ref>http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,16781,1682083,00.html</ref>

Norwegian Companies: The 500 companies listed on Norway's stock exchange face being shut down unless they install at least 40% women on their boards over the next two years. <ref>http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,16781,1682083,00.html</ref>