On Tuesday, Sir Tim Hunt told a conference in South Korea that the “trouble with girls” in science is that they might fall in love with male counterparts, they are distracting, and they can’t handle criticism without crying.
Since then, well-deserved backlash has spread, and the Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine in 2001 has resigned from his role at University College London.
Female scientists have taken to Twitter with the hashtag #distractinglysexy in response to Hunt’s ridiculous comments. Mashable gathered several – here are some of the best ones:
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I’m really glad that Curie managed to take a break from crying to discover radium and polonium #distractinglysexy pic.twitter.com/txYVHoidK5
— Amy Remeikis (@AmyRemeikis) June 11, 2015
It’s just really hard working in a coed lab because I’m too distracting to the male scientists #distractinglysexy pic.twitter.com/9cZMUpy6TL
— Danielle Spitzer (@dspitzzz) June 11, 2015
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Nothing like a sample tube full of cheetah poop to make you #distractinglysexy pic.twitter.com/tdBTLRos4p
— Sarah Durant (@SarahMDurant) June 11, 2015
Still #distractinglysexy after a full day of cell culture. Didn’t even cry this time, so proud! #HeyaTimHunt pic.twitter.com/RdAxxLJ1fY
— Lucie de Beauchamp (@lu_debeauchamp) June 11, 2015
Planting this giant field experiment in the snow was probably the most #distractinglysexy week of my career so far. pic.twitter.com/bowL2vFdKg
— Maggie R Wagner (@GolfXrayEcho) June 11, 2015
Filter mask protects me from hazardous chemicals and muffles my woman cries. Double win! #DistractinglySexy pic.twitter.com/5kYlm6SNud
— Amelia Cervera (@ameliacervera) June 11, 2015
My lenses bring all the profs to the yard. #distractinglysexy pic.twitter.com/tgDNzg28gJ
— Nermeen Youssef (@Cleo2atra) June 11, 2015
Oh don’t mind me. I’m just pipetting while being #distractinglysexy #TimHunt #WomenInSTEM #womeninscience pic.twitter.com/95ywMimBno
— Meg Massa (@MegMassa) June 11, 2015
I made it through these brain dissections without falling in love or crying. Phew! #distractinglysexy #TimHunt pic.twitter.com/q5PVkM9zCx
— Sonja Vernes (@Sonja_Vernes) June 11, 2015