Mother of God...Nobel Prize winner = sexist ass

southernbelle0915 · June 2015

Did anyone post about this yet? 2001 Nobel prize winner Tim Hunt's sexist comments about women in science?

Hot damnnn, it's pretty awful.

Here's the article from two days ago: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jun/10/nobel-scientist-tim-hunt-female-scientists-cause-trouble-for-men-in-labs

And courtesy of "I fucking love science" - female scientists reacting (#distractinglysexy): http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/scientists-mock-nobel-prize-winner-tim-hunt-distractinglysexy-twitter

Yo, PrettyGirlLost, charlottesmom, and Knotties in science... do you struggle with falling in love with your co-scientists and also crying uncontrollably when you are criticized? I thought so...

onefootinthebayou · June 2015

I saw it.

I'm a card carrying "woman of science" but I barely remember my lab work as I was so busy dressing provocatively to tempt the other nerds in my dept. and it was hard to read all of my data through the tears.

novella1186 · June 2015

I'm in clinical research so I'm not a scientist by any means, but there's a lot of science that goes into what we do, if that makes sense.

I do find it very hard to make it through the day without crying, although as I said I'm not a scientist, so I don't cry quite as hard as they do.

Funny you should bring this up because my yearly review was last week and the only criticism I received was that I made too many men in my department fall in love with me. Of course, as this was such a groundbreaking harsh criticism to hear, I spent the rest of the day crying in the bathroom which cost my company quite a bit of market share. But fixing my mascara is obvs way more important to me than silly ole market share.

It's ok, though. I deserved the criticism. It's just that I'd be able to work as well as the men if I didn't have boobs getting in my way all the time. Sigh. I'm just a silly girl. While I launched the research for one of our biggest revenue-drivers of the last fiscal year which happens to be a product that is saving lives, I know the most important thing I can do to contribute is to look pretty and keep my mouth shut.

Jen4948 · June 2015

Odds on Tim Hunt one day needing lifesaving treatment discovered and/or performed by female scientists?

Karma's a bitch all right.

thespeshulestsnowflake · June 2015

Smart man:

The 72-year-old, who won the 2001 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine, made the remarks when addressing a convention of senior female scientists and science journalists.

hellohkb · June 2015

This is what I would say to him (except not really because he doesn't deserve my wonderful presence)

l9i · June 2015

I am a woman in science. I still remember one day in class during college when we got tests back and I scored better than two guys I sat by and "how did I score better because I'm a girl". Yeah, I made sure I continued to score better and guess what, we one of them and myself were interviewing for a prestigious internship, guess who got the job? Who knows... I most likely cried a lot in the interview and that's why I got it...

novella1186 · June 2015

l9i said:

I am a woman in science. I still remember one day in class during college when we got tests back and I scored better than two guys I sat by and "how did I score better because I'm a girl". Yeah, I made sure I continued to score better and guess what, we one of them and myself were interviewing for a prestigious internship, guess who got the job? Who knows... I most likely cried a lot in the interview and that's why I got it...

No, you got the job because you clearly tricked the interviewers into falling in love with you. Cuz we're women. That's all we do, is make people fall in love with us.

southernbelle0915 · June 2015

novella1186 said:

l9i said:

I am a woman in science. I still remember one day in class during college when we got tests back and I scored better than two guys I sat by and "how did I score better because I'm a girl". Yeah, I made sure I continued to score better and guess what, we one of them and myself were interviewing for a prestigious internship, guess who got the job? Who knows... I most likely cried a lot in the interview and that's why I got it...

No, you got the job because you clearly tricked the interviewers into falling in love with you. Cuz we're women. That's all we do, is make people fall in love with us.

Yea, this is what I was thinking. Or sex was offered. Because that's the only way women can get ahead these days.

But crying through the whole interview might do it. She was probably on her period.

AuroraRose41 · June 2015

FI and I fell in love in a lab....and it actually made us more productive so suck it Tim Hunt.

This guy reminds me of someone I went to college with. He said comments like this to women in the lab (he even went around saying there was no way I was really a girl since I turned him down and the only reason I got my job at a better company than him was because of my breasts...seriously. I must have also cried in the interview.), and believed that his future wife should do all of the work and only spend her money on the bills and kids so all of his money could be fun money...for his hobbies only. Guys like this give other scientists a bad name.

WinstonsGirl · June 2015

I'm not a scientist but everyone at work is in love with me anyway. I'm just that fabulous.

Actually, I love how he blames women for making all of the men fall in love with them in those sexy PPE suits

PrettyGirlLost · June 2015

southernbelle0915 said:

Did anyone post about this yet? 2001 Nobel prize winner Tim Hunt's sexist comments about women in science?

Hot damnnn, it's pretty awful.

Here's the article from two days ago: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jun/10/nobel-scientist-tim-hunt-female-scientists-cause-trouble-for-men-in-labs

And courtesy of "I fucking love science" - female scientists reacting (#distractinglysexy): http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/scientists-mock-nobel-prize-winner-tim-hunt-distractinglysexy-twitter

Yo, PrettyGirlLost, charlottesmom, and Knotties in science... do you struggle with falling in love with your co-scientists and also crying uncontrollably when you are criticized? I thought so...

Oh yes, darling. The struggle is REAL! Especially since I primarily work with women. . .

Actually I did have a co-worker that really would get overly defensive and emotional when we would have scientific discussions and would question her experimental design and techniques. On more than one occasion she actually did start crying and stomp off. It was like "whoa"

As scientists, we question everything! And when I ask questions I'm never doing it with the underlying tone that "OMG you're an idiot." I'm asking because I'm trying to understand the rationale or how a technique works or I'm trying to understand your thought process.

But sadly, this asshat (Hunt) is not alone in the field. There truly are a lot of narcissistic, sexist, misogynist fucks in science. I'm sure our field doesn't have a higher than normal concentration though. I imagine our Knottie pals here that work as lawyers, work on Wall Street, work in corporations deal with these creeps as well. Some men are just asshats. I don't get it.

PrettyGirlLost · June 2015

Check out some of the awesome tweets in response:
http://happyplace.someecards.com/sexism/a-scientist-said-that-women-in-the-lab-are-a-distraction-heres-what-female-scientists-think-of-that/

FiancB · June 2015

I wish I had pics of myself armpit deep in cow ass. It does wonders for the tone in your forearms, and the aroma sticks with you in a way no parfum can. Or better yet, dissecting testicles...

I just can't believe someone would think it's okay to think this way in 20fucking15, let alone say it, let alone say it at a convention of female scientists. I guess he's resigned over the hubbub though. Maybe he started crying.

charlottesmom0626 · June 2015

I loved the responses of the women in "sexy" attire.

I wear mens cargo shorts, and a green men's camping-style shirt thats huge because they don't come in womens sizes. With hiking boots. and of course mouse-blood or bird poop stains. Definitely drawing in all the men, I'm surprised they even notice the real birds here with all the sexy flaunting of skin I've got going on.

Seriously though zoology is a women dominated field, so the men here are outnumbered and know it. #respect

huskypuppy14 · June 2015

Honestly, some of the male scientists I work with are more emotional than the female scientists. The men get more butthurt than the women, especially if you criticize their data. As a scientist you are supposed to question everything, and not take it personally if your data is criticized (unless you fucked something up).

Believe me, I'm married, so I'm not falling in love with any of my co workers.

FiancB · June 2015

banana468 · June 2015

From an article I read, he was told to quit or be fired.

redheadbride15 · June 2015

I'm a female scientist late to this discussion (thanks to honeymoon bliss, which was almost ruined by reading the headlines related to this topic, by the way). There are some people who think that the reaction to this was too strong, and that he claims that made these remarks "in jest". However, this general attitude, while usually not articulated in such a horrendous way, is altogether too prevalent in science and it has held back far too many exceptional women. I agree with the type of zero tolerance policy that the University College London used and I'm not sorry that he was forced to resign. The top-notch scientists in the field (such as Nobel Prize winners) need to lead by better example.

This reminds me of when Larry Summers had to resign from his post as president of Harvard after suggesting that women, on average, may have lower scientific aptitude than men. That incident also had many nuances, but nonetheless I think those who are in positions of power and influence need to think very seriously about what they say when it comes to these issues.

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