Women Scientists Shut Down Sexist Comment With Selfies & Sarcasm

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1/19 Earlier this week Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sir Tim Hunt made sexist remarks during a conference in Seoul. “Let me tell you about my trouble with girls,” the British scientist reportedly said. “You fall in love with them, they fall in love with you, and when you criticize them, they cry!”
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2/19 Many women in the field took to Twitter to give Hunt a piece of their mind:
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3/19 So online magazine Vagenda suggested that women scientists upload pictures of themselves at work with the hashtag #distractinglysexy in protest:
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If you missed it, earlier this week Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sir Tim Hunt made sexist remarks during a conference in Seoul.

After the uproar over his comments, Tim Hunt resigned from his position as honorary professor at University College London.