University of Kansas prof placed on leave after telling students men who won’t vote for a woman pres should be ‘lined up’ and ‘shot’

A professor at the University of Kansas has been put on administrative leave after telling students during a recent lecture that men who do not vote for a female president should be lined up and shot. The comments were made by Professor Phil Lowcock, the director of international student-athlete support who works in the university's Health Sport and Exercise Sciences department, according to KU's faculty directory.

A video of the incident posted to social media has since gone viral. In the clip, Lowcock can be heard telling his students, "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," he continued. "They clearly don't understand the way the world works."

He then said in a sarcastic tone, "Did I say that? Scratch that from the recording. I don't want the deans hearing that I said that."

After the video was uploaded on X, formerly Twitter, there was fury, with calls for Professor Lowcock to be fired or resign. Some users even wanted to see criminal charges be filed.

"He needs to be fired immediately. It's bad enough he said it but then he tried to cover it up," one user said.

"[What the hell] is wrong with people? He should not be allowed to teach and should be investigated," another added.

"No calls for violence should be tolerated," said another user on X. "He needs to be fired immediately."

The University of Kansas released a statement after the backlash and announced that the professor has been placed on administrative leave, pending further investigation.

"The instructor offers his sincerest apologies and deeply regrets the situation. His intent was to emphasize his advocacy for women's rights and equality, and he recognized he did a very poor job of doing so," the university said.

The Post Millennial has reached out to the University of Kansas and Professor Lowcock for comment.