Reverse sexism in a broader sense refers to sexism directed towards the dominant sex and in a narrower sense to sexism against men.
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Term
The term is modeled from the term reverse racism and thereby tries to draw analogies with some of its purported aspects such as affirmative action. The term has also drawn comparison with the term reverse ethnocentrism wherein a correspondence was delineated with discrimination directed at Anglos.
Overview
Due to an apparent male dominance, the term usually entails sexism by women towards men. In more rigid forms, this stance assumes that the historic imbalance in favor of men in the contemporary era is no longer applicable, or when women are viewed as the superior gender or sex. However, according to the definition of sexism, "Sexism is prejudice or discrimination based on a person's sex or gender" even sexism against men is just sexism. The same error can be found with discrimination of whites being called "reversed racism", when it is just simply racism.