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[[Sexism]] (otherwise known as 'sex discrimination') is maltreatment or disparagement of one sex by the other or of special preferential treatment given to one.   
 
[[Sexism]] (otherwise known as 'sex discrimination') is maltreatment or disparagement of one sex by the other or of special preferential treatment given to one.   
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== Allegations of sexism against men ==
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== Allegations of Sexism against Men ==
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=== Women-only accomodations ===
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=== Women-only Accomodations ===
 
"Women-only coaches" are becoming increasingly prolific 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 prolific 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]].
  
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