Nobel prize winning biologist slammed for sexist remarks at world conference

A KNIGHTED Nobel prize-winning biologist has sparked heated controversy after allegedly calling women cry babies who can’t help but fall in love with their colleagues.
In a gobsmackingly sexist speech, Sir Tim Hunt reportedly pulled no punches in relaying his thoughts on the fairer sex.
After taking the stage at the World Conference of Science Journalists in Seoul, he thanked female journalists for “making the lunch” before warning attendees he had a reputation for chauvinism, according to The Daily Beast. Then he went on to confirm the allegation.
“Let me tell you about my trouble with girls,” Sir Hunt reportedly said. “Three things happen when they are in the lab: You fall in love with them, they fall in love with you, and when you criticise them, they cry.”
The renowned biologist went on to advocate for single sex laboratories but said he didn’t want to hold women scientists back.
The address was unrecorded but incensed journalist Connie St Louis tweeted some of the more incendiary contents of the speech, quickly sparking outrage online.
However Sir Hunt has so far failed to respond.

The issue of sexism in science has been a hot button topic in recent years. The debate exploded late last year after a scientist who worked on the Rosetta mission — which landed a satellite on a comment — was chastised by a journalist for what she called a “sexist and ostracising” shirt. The shirt depicted drawings of scantily clad women.
The resulting publicity and outcry resulted in a teary apology from the young scientist, Dr Matt Taylor.