Girl scientists all aTwitter over sexist quip

Mary Bruno • Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Girl scientists all aTwitter over sexist quip</h1>
                <h2><p>Speaking at a conference in South Korea on June 9, Sir Tim Hunt, a Nobel Prize-winning British biochemist, told attendees that the "trouble" with having "girls" in labs is threefold: "they fall in love with you, you fall in love with them and ... when they&</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/mary-bruno-crosscut-com/">Mary Bruno</a></p> 
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            <p>Speaking at a conference in South Korea on June 9, Sir Tim Hunt, a Nobel Prize-winning British biochemist, told attendees that the "trouble" with having "girls" in labs is threefold: "they fall in love with you, you fall in love with them and ... when they're criticised, they cry." Since then, Hunt has <a href="http://mashable.com/2015/06/11/scientist-tim-hunt-resigns/?ref=avalancheghost.one">resigned his position</a> at University College London and girl scientists around the world have taken to Twitter (#distractinglysexy). Mashable has <a href="http://mashable.com/2015/06/11/female-scientists-responses-tim-hunt-distractinglysexy/?ref=avalancheghost.one">collected</a> the best tweets and they're a hoot. One fave:</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://avalancheghost.one/content/images/sites/default/files/images/article/gallery/girl-scientist-tweet.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Girl Scientist tweet" loading="lazy" width="300" height="201"></figure>
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Speaking at a conference in South Korea on June 9, Sir Tim Hunt, a Nobel Prize-winning British biochemist, told attendees that the "trouble" with having "girls" in labs is threefold: "they fall in love with you, you fall in love with them and ... when they're criticised, they cry." Since then, Hunt has resigned his position at University College London and girl scientists around the world have taken to Twitter (#distractinglysexy). Mashable has collected the best tweets and they're a hoot. One fave:

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By Mary Bruno

Mary was Crosscut's Editor-in-Chief and Interim Publisher. In more than 25 years as a journalist, she has worked as a writer, editor and editorial director for a variety of print and web publications,