Female Scientists Take #DistractinglySexy Viral
Female scientists mourn the difficulty of making it through the day without bursting into tears or seducing a colleague.
On Wednesday, Nobel-winning scientist Sir Tim Hunt officially resigned from his post at University College of London amidst growing controversy sparked by his comments about why “girls” shouldn’t work in the same labs as men. The problem, as he saw it, was:
“Three things happen when they are in the lab; you fall in love with them, they fall in love with you, and when you criticize them, they cry.”
When Hunt later attempted to apologize for the upset during an interview with the BBC, he ended up standing by his initial opinion, saying, “I did mean the part about having trouble with girls.”
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