Pregnant and elderly women. Firstly, this doesn't apply on intercity routes. There is no natural division between the front and back sections. It moves in respect to the makeup of the passengers. Even on an intracity bus where the division is clearer, I really don't see the issue here. Do only men have to offer their seats but not women? Why can't a woman stand? And what happens when an elderly man gets on the bus? Why is any of this relevant only to mehadrin buses?
Now to Miriam Shears. Before you jump, no I don't approve of any violence, and what happened was completely unjustified. But she was also not entirely innocent. By her own admission, she regularly and deliberately sat in the men's section. She consistently refused to move, even when requested politely. She knew she was annoying people. She knew was antagonizing people. Even if she couldn't be expected to understand, after all, she'd heard of Rosa Parks, and the whole Mehadrin arrangement was strange to her, why couldn't she see what she was doing? What did she hope to achieve? Re-education?!? Eventually someone got annoyed enough.
So was she within her rights? Yes. Did she deserve what she got? No. Does she deserve any sympathy? Absolutely not!
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