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Women Scientists Tweet “Sexy” Work Pics In Response To Male Nobel Laureate’s Sexist Comments
On June 9th, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Sir Tim Hunt shocked the world by making sexist statements about women scientists at a women scientists' conference in South Korea. "Let me tell you about my trouble with girls … 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," the Nobel laureate said, advocating single-sex labs as well.
In response to his anachronistic and chauvinistic comments, women scientists around the world took to Twitter to show how wrong he really was, using hashtags like #distractinglysexy and #TimHunt. Women in science are encouraged to add their own pics below!
"Three things happen when [women] are in the lab... You fall in love with them, they fall in love with you and when you criticize them, they cry," Tim Hunt said at a conference in South Korea
Image credits: biozentrum.unibas.chThe #distractinglysexy hashtag was born in response:
Image credits: Twitter This post may include affiliate links.
#1
I'm Really Glad That Curie Managed To Take A Break From Crying To Discover Radium And Polonium
AlexHolt 10 years ago
A lot of women seem to be complaining (as is their God given right forever) of discrimination. But the fact of the matter is that for thirty years the state has disadvantaged boys and men in centres of education. The British government does not disadvantage women, but it does deny decent make scientists a livelihood or sufficient self respect. Pity this dozy Tim chap says the worst thing possible in a pc age. But I can't say that I'm surprised.
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#2
Filter Mask Protects Me From Hazardous Chemicals And Muffles My Woman Cries
ReverendVeritas 9 years ago
Her respirator filter cartridges are down THERE, boys! vVv Men... Always looking at a woman's eyes and not her massive filters.
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#3
I Cried When #ebola Patients Died Or When Got Better. I Have Feelings & I Deal W Them
#4
Thankfully, Worker Bees Are All Female, Otherwise...
Beverly Cabral 8 years ago
"....otherwise the male bees would demand "she" and the......"
Load More Replies... #5
Oh Don't Mind Me. I'm Just Pipetting While Being #distractinglysexy
KevinGarry 10 years ago
Oh no! You made me drop my Petri dish with your distracting pipetting!
#6
Still #distractinglysexy After A Full Day Of Cell Culture. Didn't Even Cry This Time, So Proud!
#7
I Fell In Love With The Microcentrifuge... Typical Woman In The Lab
ReverendVeritas 9 years ago
Typical woman - Falling for a quick fling who can send her world spinning, but in the end microcentrifuges will always separate.
#9
It's Just Really Hard Working In A Coed Lab Because I'm Too Distracting To The Male Scientists
#10
Later That Day, I Filled This Bronze Age Ditch With My Womanly Archaeology Tears
#11
Nothing Like A Sample Tube Full Of Cheetah Poop To Make You #distractinglysexy
LeopardHorse56 10 years ago
Well, YOU chose the perfect name, didn't you?
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#13
Tears, Laughter, Romance, Dirty Dirty Flotation: Archaeology Makes Me So Hot Right Now
LexieMacIver 10 years ago
I think that his real problem is that he cried after so many women rejected him due to all the hairs sticking out of his nose.
AsadHabib 10 years ago
I was kind of wondering when someone would say something about that, as that really stuck out...pun intended..when i say that pic of him
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Henry Cheves 4 years ago
Alright, I think this is a genuine compliment. Stop downvoting it!
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Women Researchers Are Too Hot To Have In The Lab - Even When We're Cold
#15
#distractinglysexy #womeninscience
BeccaBritton 10 years ago
Look at those ankles.. You should be ashamed for being so distractingly sexy.. LOL
Martin Batts 8 years ago
I hope this isn't taken wrong, but there's nothing sexier than a female scientist with wit and whimsy.
Anne(Hoshi) 10 years ago
oh no! i guess both fell in love together now and she will cry because she will not be able to tolerate critics from him XD
#16
Fighting Cancer Makes Us Hot!
Final score:
61points
CharityBecker 10 years ago
HA! This is my favorite of the lot. Well done, ladies! Knock 'em dead. . . with science! **Tears optional.
MyrianResquin 10 years ago
Oh my, this is actually the best so far; and their males colleagues standing up for them too!
#18
Thank Goodness This Stuff Freezes My Tears... And My Cold Icy Heart.
Final score:
41points
#20
Sorry We Can't Make Out Right Now, But I'm Busy. Please Don't Cry.
Final score:
35points
Mercedes Marton 8 years ago
I wonder what the story is behind this one. Must be something really cool
starhunter64 6 years ago
can I be a test subject for that machine? please it looks so cool!!!?!?!?!?!?!!?
#21
Nothing Like Being Up To Your Armpit In Bovine Rectum To Make You Feel #distractinglysexy
Final score:
35points
IsabellaPighi 10 years ago
state of the art! this is the best I've seen so far! go girl! (#ovarypride)
DerekMcKnight 10 years ago
That should be many #distractinglysexy women in Wisconsin who do that!
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Planting This Giant Field Experiment In The Snow Was Probably The Most #distractinglysexy Week Of My Career So Far.
#23
You Might Think We're Covered Up For Bug And Sun Protection, But It's Really Just Because We're #distractinglysexy
#25
#distractinglysexy It's So Hot Out Here. Luckily, My Archaeologist Tears Cooled Me Down!!
Final score:
28points
#27
I'm #distractinglysexy In This Mask I Wear Every Day In The Lab To Hide My Tears
Final score:
26points
#28
Picture Taken By A Male Colleague Just 1 Minute Before We Fell In Love (and Then I Cried)
Final score:
26points
#29
1963 - Performing A Kmno4 Titration Before Automatic Titration Apparatus Was Ever Heard Of !!
Final score:
23points
#30
#distractinglysexy Digging At The Foot Of A Volcano. No Worries, The Rain Washed The Tears Away
Final score:
23points
#31
#distractinglysexy At Nuclear Power Station
Final score:
20points
#32
I Chose Primatology Because The Outfit I Get To Wear Every Day Is So Very #distractinglysexy.
Final score:
19points
#33
I'm Not A Scientist But I Cry Because Mr Hunt Doesn't Love Me Due My Outfit (and The Code Too)
Final score:
15points
#34
Fundraising, Translational Scientist, Singer, Multitasking @vo_elke How #distractinglysexy
Final score:
15points
ElkeVO (Submission author) 10 years ago
Vote, share, like! We are professionals and deserve to be equally respected!
ElkeVO (Submission author) 10 years ago
Stem, deel, like! We zijn professionals en verdienen het gerespecteerd te worden! (BE)
#35
It's A Constant Effort To Keep My Tears From Dripping Into The Beakers.
Final score:
15points
#36
Just Standing In A Pool Of My Woman Tears. #distractinglysexy
Final score:
15points
#37
#25 Staring At You All Day And Yet You Haven't Mentioned If I'm #distractinglysexy ;(... :d :p
Final score:
14points
#38
So Hard Not To Fall In Love With The Skeletons When You Are Just A Frail Female Osteologist.
Final score:
14points
#39
As Always My Tears Will Wash Sweat And Sheep Grease Away #distractinglysexy
Final score:
12points
#41
My Today Research In The Large Format (de)press Fucktory. Yes, We Cunt!
Final score:
9points
#42
Remember The Sunglasses And Hat, Otherwise You Are Too #distractinglysexy
Final score:
9points
#43
I Find It Hard Not To Cry, Turtle Dna Is Too #distractinglysexy
Final score:
9points
#45
All My Coding Is #distractinglysexy
Final score:
7points
#46
Coding And Creating Mobile Applications Is #distractinglysexy.
Final score:
5points
Aarushi Shah 5 years ago
I love children that children have picked up on how horrible this mans words are
#47
The Odor Of Dozens Of Rats Clinging To Me, Yes, #distractinglysexy
Final score:
5points
#48
6:30 To 19:30 In Opencast Mines In Trucks 10m Off The Ground, Not A Single Beau Or Tear. Proud!
Final score:
5points
#49
"i'm Crying On The Inside" #distractinglysexy #womeninscience
Final score:
5points
#51
As An Ecologist The Bats In A Loft Can Soak Up My Tears #distractingly Sexy
Final score:
4points
#53
It's So Hard To Not Fall Love With Rocks Like This!
Final score:
3points
#55
And Then, All Silliness Aside, The Voice Of Common Sense And Decency...
Final score:
-4points
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What do you think ?
MirekPipek 10 years ago
thanks god for feminism&social networks. Women can defend themselves from sexist idiots who ruled the science for centuries with their silly and hateful opinions about women just because women could not be heard. Thums up, girls
JaiMacIain 10 years ago
Although I find these pictures funny, I do feel really sorry for the guy. He made a very ill judged tongue in cheek comment and now he's quit his job and faces constant ridicule and beratement. It's scary the fact that everything now can be reported on social media and used for someone's amusement, anger, agenda, etc.
PronoyDe 10 years ago
Earlier it was "you reap what you you sow" but now it's "you reap not only what you sow and keep digging till you lie down in that hole". He should have been more careful with his choice of words, given that what he represents, an elite order of intellectuals.
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RobynScott 10 years ago
Obviously no one owns him....or they wouldn't let him out of the house with that nose hair. Seriously, you could plait it........
BudFoucher 10 years ago
I noticed that also. Good thing he didn't have a cold.
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JulietaParente 10 years ago
does this man really believe that any woman could fall in love with him with such nose hair and such mentality? not even a nobel prize gets over that, you poor thing...
Robert LaRochelle 8 years ago
What's not to fall in love with? This dude's sporting nose-spiders! Nose-spide...ad502d.png 
Frank Harrigan 8 years ago
There's nothing more distracting and attractive than a woman duct taped in a Tyvek suit, full face mask, rubber gloves, and rubber boots. Oh how my heart aches from unrequited love as my warm salty tears run down to fill my own rubber boots.
SusanBallentyne 10 years ago
Please carefully research the *FACTS* before making silly, sanctimonious soapbox judgements! (yes Mirek, I'm looking at you...) Check this out please, ladies and gentlemen: ipetitions.com/petition/bring-back-tim-hunt
SusanBallentyne 10 years ago
Please carefully research the *FACTS* before making silly, sanctimonious soapbox judgements! (yes Mirek, I'm looking at you...) Check this out please, ladies and gentlemen: ipetitions.com/petition/bring-back-tim-hunt
SusanBallentyne 10 years ago
Please carefully research the *FACTS* before making silly, sanctimonious soapbox judgements! (yes Mirek, I'm looking at you...) Check this out please, ladies and gentlemen: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/bring-back-tim-hunt
MirekPipek 10 years ago
thanks god for feminism&social networks. Women can defend themselves from sexist idiots who ruled the science for centuries with their silly and hateful opinions about women just because women could not be heard. Thums up, girls
JaiMacIain 10 years ago
Although I find these pictures funny, I do feel really sorry for the guy. He made a very ill judged tongue in cheek comment and now he's quit his job and faces constant ridicule and beratement. It's scary the fact that everything now can be reported on social media and used for someone's amusement, anger, agenda, etc.
PronoyDe 10 years ago
Earlier it was "you reap what you you sow" but now it's "you reap not only what you sow and keep digging till you lie down in that hole". He should have been more careful with his choice of words, given that what he represents, an elite order of intellectuals.
Load More Replies... RobynScott 10 years ago
Obviously no one owns him....or they wouldn't let him out of the house with that nose hair. Seriously, you could plait it........
BudFoucher 10 years ago
I noticed that also. Good thing he didn't have a cold.
Load More Replies... JulietaParente 10 years ago
does this man really believe that any woman could fall in love with him with such nose hair and such mentality? not even a nobel prize gets over that, you poor thing...
Robert LaRochelle 8 years ago
What's not to fall in love with? This dude's sporting nose-spiders! Nose-spide...ad502d.png
Frank Harrigan 8 years ago
There's nothing more distracting and attractive than a woman duct taped in a Tyvek suit, full face mask, rubber gloves, and rubber boots. Oh how my heart aches from unrequited love as my warm salty tears run down to fill my own rubber boots.
SusanBallentyne 10 years ago
Please carefully research the *FACTS* before making silly, sanctimonious soapbox judgements! (yes Mirek, I'm looking at you...) Check this out please, ladies and gentlemen: ipetitions.com/petition/bring-back-tim-hunt
SusanBallentyne 10 years ago
Please carefully research the *FACTS* before making silly, sanctimonious soapbox judgements! (yes Mirek, I'm looking at you...) Check this out please, ladies and gentlemen: ipetitions.com/petition/bring-back-tim-hunt
SusanBallentyne 10 years ago
Please carefully research the *FACTS* before making silly, sanctimonious soapbox judgements! (yes Mirek, I'm looking at you...) Check this out please, ladies and gentlemen: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/bring-back-tim-hunt
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