Ummæli Sir Tim Hunt síðastliðinn þriðjudag um konur í vísindaheiminum fóru líklega ekki framhjá mörgum. Hunt, lífefnafræðingur sem meðal annars fékk Nóbelsverðlaun árið 2001, lét eftirfarandi orð falla á ráðstefnu í Seoul í Suður-Kóreu um konur innan vísindageirans:
„Leyfið mér að segja ykkur frá vanda mínum varðandi stelpur. Það er þrennt sem gerist þegar þær eru á rannsóknarstofunni. Maður verður ástfanginn af þeim, þær verðar ástfangnar af manni og þegar maður gagnrýnir þær fara þær að gráta!“
Hunt gaf einnig til kynna að hann væri hlynntur kynjaskiptum rannsóknarstofum. Í kjölfar ummælanna hefur Hunt sagt upp stöðu sinni við University College London.
Eðlilega voru ummæli Hunt síður en svo vinsæl og hafa konur innan vísindaheimsins svarað þeim á síðustu dögum á Twitter undir kassamerkinu #distractinglysexy.
Hér að neðan má sjá nokkur slík tíst sem vefsíðan Mashable tók saman og eru mörg þeirra stórkostlega fyndin:
To save you all time, I have designed an easy to print off sign for your lab. You are welcome. #distractinglysexy pic.twitter.com/3LAPboJhb4
— Steve Diggle (@DiggleLab) June 11, 2015
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 (@DNAielleSpitzer) June 11, 2015
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
Tears, laughter, romance, dirty dirty flotation: #archaeology makes me so hot right now #distractinglysexy pic.twitter.com/Ke2KtDAXZi
— Lorna Richardson (@lornarichardson) 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 (@maggieRwagner) June 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/ameliacervera/status/608999424585527296
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
Hearts in the palm of our hands #distractinglysexy #TimHunt @VagendaMagazine pic.twitter.com/KA1askiwCD
— ash (@ashcl0ud) June 11, 2015
I made it through these brain dissections without falling in love or crying. Phew! #distractinglysexy #TimHunt pic.twitter.com/q5PVkM9zCx
— Dr. Sonja Vernes 🦇 (@Sonja_Vernes) June 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/xLiserx/status/608959954221957120
I had 3 marriage proposals after this talk. Shame I cried too much to accept #distractinglysexy #captioncompetition pic.twitter.com/Bv8yYmKhMK
— Dr Sammie Buzzard ❄️ (@TreacherousBuzz) June 11, 2015
Following Sir Tim Hunt's useful advice I've updated the laboratory signage #distractinglysexy pic.twitter.com/GLswQjgk41
— Tom Bishop (@FliesInLakes) June 10, 2015
You might think we're covered up for bug and sun protection, but it's really just because we're #distractinglysexy pic.twitter.com/O5fQH0bJgQ
— Rachel Penczykowski (@RachelPenczy) June 11, 2015
