Watch: University of Kansas professor says men who won’t vote for a female president should be shot

Philip Lowcock has been suspended for his comments which he asked to be ‘scratched from the record’ after realizing he was being recorded

A University of Kansas professor has been suspended after suggesting men who won’t vote for Kamala Harris because she is a woman should be shot.
Phillip Lowcock, a sport and exercise lecturer, suggested that some men would “refuse to vote for a potential female president because they don’t believe females are smart enough,” according to reports.
He has since been placed on administrative leave by the university, which said he had been attempting to “emphasize his advocacy for women’s rights and equality.”
The university has previously been criticized for questioning potential employees on their commitment to diversity and for providing “woke” courses.
“[If you think] guys are smarter than girls, you’ve got some serious problems,” Mr Lowcock told students gathered in a lecture hall, in a clip posted on social media.
“It’s what frustrates me. There are going to be some males in our society that will refuse to vote for a potential female president because they don’t think females are smart enough to be president.”
“We can line all those guys up and shoot them. They clearly don’t understand the way the world works,” he continued.
Mr Lowcock, who has lectured at the university since 1993, then appeared to realize that he was being recorded.
“Did I say that? Scratch that from the recording, I don’t want the dean hearing that I said that,” he said.
It comes amid criticism about violent rhetoric during the presidential campaign, following two assassination attempts made on Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate.
The University of Kansas said Mr Lowcock had been placed on administrative leave pending further investigation after making “an inappropriate reference to violence.”
“The instructor offers his sincerest apologies and deeply regrets the situation,” it said in a statement posted on social media.
“His intent was to emphasize his advocacy for women’s rights and equality, and he recognizes he did a very poor job of doing so.
“The university has an established process for situations like this and will follow that process.”
Mike Brown, the head of the Kansas Republican party, said: “This is exactly what’s wrong with education in America.”
Garrett Henson, chairman of the Kansas Federation of College Republicans, condemned “Professor Lowcock’s violent rhetoric.”
He told The Telegraph: “Political violence is never the answer.”
In 2019, the University of Kansas introduced a course on the rise of “angry white males” in the US and Britain since the 1950s.
It was condemned by state lawmakers after a job advert asked potential employees about their “commitments to diversity, equality and inclusion.” It was banned from using state funds to do so last year.
Mr Lowcock’s comments echo those made by Madeline Albright, the former secretary of state, when Hillary Clinton ran against Trump in the 2016 presidential election.
“There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other,” she said. Mrs Albright later apologized for the remarks.