No, it&#x27;s absolutely not. It&#x27;s a case of someone engaging in deep sexism under the cover of their religion, and it should trouble anyone with a daughter or sister or wife.<p>Whether that sexism is &#x27;hatred&#x27; like you are holding out as a possibility, a patronizing&#x2F;patriarchal &quot;women should be protected&quot;, or a repressive &quot;I don&#x27;t want to sully a woman with my sexual thoughts about her&quot;, they are all deeply problematic beliefs for putting together a civil society that treats all people with equal rights.<p>It is doubly objectionable because he is putting the onus on the woman who does not share his perspective to solve his problem. He could have traveled using another conveyance, or purchased seats around him if he had preferred a different seating setup.