Student Diversity Director Quits Because of Sexist Blog Posts

The University of Colorado’s student diversity director, Matthew Cucchiaro, has resigned after he was found to be posting comments on his blog, which were sexist towards women. One post was titled ‘women are not as smart as men’. In his defence, Cucchiaro said that the comments were supposed to be satirical and not to be taken seriously as his perception of women. He is said to have posted the items before he was elected as diversity director, but now, after he has resigned, has started to post again. [Read more...]