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IU professor tweets article about 'Women Destroying Academia' [View all]
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IU professor tweets article about ‘Women Destroying Academia’
BY JESSICA PRUCHA
Published Nov 20, 2019 6:05 pm
A Kelley School of Business professor is facing condemnation from university officials, students and Twitter users for tweeting a quote from an article that says women are not suited for academia.
Eric Rasmusen tweeted a line from an article Nov. 7 titled “Are Women Destroying Academia? Probably,” which read, “Geniuses are overwhelmingly male because they combine outlier high IQ with moderately low agreeableness and moderately low conscientiousness.”
The article Rasmusen shared was published by The Unz Review, which presents controversial perspectives “largely excluded from mainstream media.”
His tweet received 295 comments from angry students and other Twitter users as of Wednesday afternoon.
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IU professor tweets article about ‘Women Destroying Academia’
BY JESSICA PRUCHA
Published Nov 20, 2019 6:05 pm
A Kelley School of Business professor is facing condemnation from university officials, students and Twitter users for tweeting a quote from an article that says women are not suited for academia.
Eric Rasmusen tweeted a line from an article Nov. 7 titled “Are Women Destroying Academia? Probably,” which read, “Geniuses are overwhelmingly male because they combine outlier high IQ with moderately low agreeableness and moderately low conscientiousness.”
The article Rasmusen shared was published by The Unz Review, which presents controversial perspectives “largely excluded from mainstream media.”
His tweet received 295 comments from angry students and other Twitter users as of Wednesday afternoon.
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