Hi, kind of a small issue compared to most of other posts here, nonetheless I felt slightly annoyed and thought it was sexist. I'm writing this on my phone, so apologies for any errors.

I was visiting my brother at the hospital earlier today. I was sitting in a chair next to my brother chatting to him, when a female nurse comes in and asks me to get off the chair. I asked why, she says "because the chairs are for the patient's". Okay that's fine, however she doesn't say anything to the other women sitting next to their husband's. She just says "they're okay" and leaves, seriously wtf.

I've been visiting my brother in hospital for the past week, and I've always sat in that chair. None of the nurses or doctor's have bothered me or anyone else about it.

I didn't make a big deal of it, since I was more concerned about my brother, who'd just had an operation. And I'm not the type of person that likes confrontations.

TL;DR nurse asks me to get off chair for being a man.