Female academic Lea Ypi hits back at theatre critic who said her appearance at lecture was so distracting he had to go and pay for sex at a massage parlour

A apical pistillate world has deed retired astatine a theatre professional aft he claimed 1 of her lectures inspired a sleazy trip to a massage parlour.

Political mentation adept Lea Ypi sparked a flood of societal media outrage by posting a transcript of Lloyd Evans' lecherous remarks aft her Cambridge speech connected revolutions.

Evans told successful a Spectator nonfiction however helium mislaid power of his 'lunatic libido' arsenic helium listened to her lecture astatine the elite university's Downing College.

In the portion helium remarked connected the London School of Economics professor's 'blonde hairsbreadth spilling implicit her shoulders' and claimed helium was truthful distracted her slept with a Chinese prostitute afterwards.

The nonfiction sparked an aggravated effect from the Albanian-born professor, arsenic good arsenic others connected societal media who called it 'horrific', 'crude' and 'appalling'.

Professor Ypi is an adept successful governmental theory, has degrees successful doctrine and literature, and antecedently lectured astatine Nuffield College, Oxford. 

She wrote connected X, formerly known as Twitter: 'Advice for scholars. Next clip you lecture connected Kant and revolutions astatine 'Downing (@DarwinCollege) Cambridge, marque definite your hairsbreadth is neatly tied and that you're not blonde.

'Or other your probe interaction volition beryllium connected the @spectator libido section.'

In the article, which was headlined My (surprisingly) decent proposal, Evans - who is simply a sketch-writer for The Spectator - said: 'Her blonde hairsbreadth spilling implicit her shoulders absorbed acold much of my attraction than her governmental reflections.'

'I was hopeless to talk to her afterwards, but I had nary mode to orchestrate a meeting.'

Evans, who has written for The Spectator since the 1980s, past described going to an 'already arranged... societal rendezvous astatine a backstage concern location'.

He explained 'how it works' - handing 'over a rotation of banknotes to a concierge astatine a table who ushers you into a softly lit country wherever your companion awaits you'.

Evans said helium met a pistillate called Shea, who was 'petite' and 'buxom'. He added that she 'looked Chinese'.

She is said to person 'rubbed blistery wax' onto his shoulders earlier ordering him to 'flip onto my backmost arsenic she dimmed the lights and raised 1 eyebrow astatine maine suggestively'. 

He past talks astir 'negotiations' earlier describing astatine magnitude however helium paid for the encounter.

His nonfiction sparked condemnation from academics and commentators, with Prof Ypi's furious response attracting much than 3,600 likes, 600 reposts, 400 comments and 316 bookmarks from stunned mostly-female followers.

Darwin College commented: 'Absolutely appalled to spot this Lea. Your fascinating, beautifully crafted lecture was a hugely appreciated item of the college's taste year.

'We anticipation your representation of the lawsuit won't beryllium tainted by an assemblage subordinate utilizing it to constitute thing truthful crude and offensive.'

Naomi Waltham-Smith called Evans' portion 'utterly depressing and pathetic, yet profoundly unpleasant.'

Historian Helene von Bismark added: 'This is awful, unacceptable, misogynistic trash'.

Professor Ben Ansell, an Oxford lecturer, called it 'dismal, embarrassing, chauvinist rubbish', portion Professor Linda Connolly, said simply: 'Ugh!'

Micah G Allen, a prof of psychiatry based successful Denmark, added: 'This is truthful disgusting, I'm atrocious you were subjected to this. What women successful academia spell done is simply a disgrace.'

A Mrs Dayglo said: 'I'm truthful atrocious you person idiosyncratic similar that perving implicit you. And that helium deity paid for penning that.'

Fellow world Colin Wight added: 'Just specified a weird portion to write. I can't spot the constituent of it.'

Doctor Charlotte Lydia Riley, a historian, added: 'This is horrific. I'm truthful sorry.'

Others remarked connected not conscionable the comments astir Prof Ypi, but besides astir Evans statement of his brushwood astatine the massage parlour.

Feminist columnist Hadley Freeman wrote: 'Re that revolting Spectator ­article radical are rightly outraged by the one-handed writer's comments astir the academic. But it's however helium writes astir the 'brisk workout' with the enactment idiosyncratic (who could good beryllium trafficked) that enraged me. Paying for enactment is abusive and unforgivable.'

The writer Julie Bindel was arsenic forthright: 'What a disgusting antheral Lloyd Evans is. He should beryllium sent to an land inhabited lone by crocodiles.' 

Evans told the Mail's Richard Kay past nighttime that helium was bewildered by the absorption to his piece. 

'No, I didn't expect it,' helium said.

Evans, who has been penning for The Spectator since the 1980s, is nary alien to intersexual shenanigans. 

He has antecedently visited the aforesaid taxable successful different Spectator columns, penning successful January however astir a 'petite buxom ­figure' who 'vaulted connected apical of me, straddling my thighs' arsenic she gave him a vigorous Thai massage.

In the aboriginal 2000s the mag was nicknamed the 'Sextator', specified were the stories of intrigue, infidelity and casual affairs - involving assorted ­members of unit and a Cabinet curate - nether the past ­editorship of Boris Johnson.

It provided worldly for a laugh-out-loud farce called Who's The Daddy? staged successful a London theatre and written by Evans himself.

Last nighttime Evans's collaborator connected the play and chap Spectator columnist Toby Young said: 'I americium looking guardant to this ungraded blowing up retired of each proportionality and past going to spot Lloyd's precise amusing play astir the full affair.'