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A conservative Indiana University professor drew scathing condemnation from school officials after sharing an article that states women are too emotional for academia. Now faced with mounting calls for his resignation, the universitys leadership says hes protected by the first amendment despite peddling racist, sexist and homophobic views on social media.

The university was forced to respond to concerns about Eric Rasmusen,a tenured professor of business and economics at Indianas Kelley School of Business, after he tweeted an article earlier this month titled: Are Women Destroying Academia? Probably. The 1,500-word essay was published 2 November in The Unz Review, a website that claims to spotlight interesting, important and controversial perspectives rarely published in conventional media outlets.

In his post, Mr Rasmusen pulled a line from the article that said: Geniuses are overwhelmingly male because they combine outlier high IQ with moderately low agreeableness and moderately low conscientiousness.

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The tweet drew hundreds of replies by Wednesday night, including a viral Monday afternoon response from Hoosier alumna Maggie Hopkins.

This article suggests there should be far fewer women at universities. I am deeply offended by this tweet, and my ability to feel that offence does not diminish my intellect, Ms Hopkins, who said she had with Mr Rasmusen on the Indiana University Bloomington Faculty Council, wrote.

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University professor with sexist and racist views cannot be fired due to first amendment - The Independent