Reverse discrimination is a colloquial term used to describe discriminatory policies or acts that benefit a historically sociopolitically nondominant group (typically minorities), rather than the historically sociopolitically dominant group. The term "reverse discrimination" is sometimes considered synonymous with the terms affirmative action and positive discrimination.
In the late 20th century, as numerous societies and countries began to believe that both contemporary and historic discrimination had resulted in an unfair and unjust social structure, some companies and governments instituted policies intended to redress this imbalance. Some minority advocacy groups, having established that the policy of equal opportunity had failed to bring about 'real' social equality, argued that more aggressive reversal policies were needed. The most widespread of such policies is known as affirmative action.
Such policies are often perceived to decrease the proportion of opportunities within the society available to members of the traditionally dominant group in comparison with their historical level of opportunities. While proponents of such policies would argue that they bring about a closer equality of opportunities among groups, members of the historically dominant group who feel negatively affected by that change in proportion often refer to the policies as "reverse discrimination".
Such policies decrease the proportion of opportunities within the society available to members of one group in comparison to another. Proponents of such policies would argue that they bring about a closer equality of opportunities among groups by creating an increase in opportunities for historically disadvantaged groups. Critics of reverse discrimination accuse proponents of hypocrisy, arguing that the practice replaces one form of discrimination with another.
Some countries, such as the United Kingdom, have used the term "reverse discrimination" to describe affirmative action. As a form of discrimination, reverse discrimination is likewise considered illegal there.
Sexism is commonly considered to be discrimination and/or hatred against people based on their sex rather than their individual merits, but can also refer to any and all systemic differentiations based on the sex of the individuals.
Sexism can be partitioned as consisting of sexism against the female sex, sexism against the male sex, sexism against the intersex (hermaphrodite and pseudohermaphrodite), and sexism against the transsex (transmale and transfemale).
Another source of sexism is the "old patriarchy" and "old matriarchy", which has historically restricted and limited the role of males in other parts of society and has looked down upon male homemakers.
Reversediscrimination is a term used to describe perceived discriminatory policies or acts that benefit a historically sociopolitically nondominant group (typically women and minorities), at the expense of a historically sociopolitically dominant group (typically men and majority races).
Critics of reversediscrimination, typically in the politically and socially dominant groups, believe proponents take a situational stand where a principled stand is more appropriate, arguing that the practice replaces one form of discrimination with another.
For those who view the Asian fetish to be a form of reversediscrimination, the Asian fetish represents a minority population applying a situational stance on interracial unions rather than a stance based on principles.
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