“Sexist” Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Says He Was Forced To Resign

The outrage towards Tim Hunt built like a tsunami.

On Tuesday, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist climbed on a conference stage and delivered an undeniably sexist joke, 39 words in length. “Let me tell you about my trouble with girls,” he 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 criticize them, they cry.”

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