Yesterday the #DistractinglySexy started trending on twitter and I compiled a few of the post here. But because it is still very relevant, and I can’t ignore it, I’ll share a few more with you. (part 1 – part 3)
In case you don’t know what I’m talking about, Nobel Prize winner Sir Tim Hunt shared a few insights while on a conference, saying that labs should be same sex only, because women in the labs cause some trouble… either the men fall in love with them, or they fall in love with the men, and then they cry. Yep, that’s what the bastard said! He then apologized, saying how wrong of him it was to say it in front of journalists (yeah, not sorry he said it and thought it, just that the journalists were present…).
In case you’re wondering, he resigned yesterday from his UCL post. I have to admit, I’ve been in science for about 12 years, I’ve been working in a mixed lab since I entered my Masters (a while back) and before that I worked with guys in the lab… NEVER HAD THAT PROBLEM. Crying?! Sure, it might have happened, you know, when I work for a whole month and PCRs keeps coming up contaminated or negative, sure, I might shed a tear, but I never had any sort of inkling towards a male colleague…
SO, without further ado, here are some more fun tweets about this.
Rita Levi Montalcini (1909–2012) #Distractinglysexy Nobel laureate.Oh those eyes...(how bravely she hides her #tears) http://t.co/Ra3jy81HrU
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FrannieSB (@Professor_Pop) June 12, 2015
102-year-old Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport received her PhD on diphtheria but is still #distractinglysexy http://t.co/IZA85W8Hsm
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Debra Kaysen (@debkaysen) June 12, 2015
I mean, as a female scientist every day I feel #distractinglysexy but this was a highlight! http://t.co/WLvqPp2TLO
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Zoë J Ayres (@ZJAyres) June 11, 2015
Yes I know I am #distractinglysexy in my Level A PPE. The suit totally flatters my curves. http://t.co/LUb5nXx9yO
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Geeky Girl Engineer (@gkygirlengineer) June 11, 2015
Idk how any men were able to function when I was in this bunny suit and integrating a satellite. #distractinglysexy http://t.co/XjFVpgQsnL
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Stephanie Evans (@StephEvz43) June 10, 2015
AIDS drug pioneer and Nobel Prizewinner Gertrude Elion #distractinglysexy http://t.co/aEdjzwEbUj
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The Vagenda Team (@VagendaMagazine) June 10, 2015
Tidy rack #distractinglysexy #TimHunt 😘 http://t.co/HqLSsHsbIR
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Lindsey (@Doc_Browny) June 12, 2015
AND my p-values are ALL YELLOW...the tracks of my lady scientist tears!! It's Friday I'm in love #distractinglysexy http://t.co/o4tdMlet7K
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Kathleen Nicoll, PhD (@nika_desert) June 12, 2015
How do my male colleagues publish anything when I show up dressed so revealing? #distractinglysexy http://t.co/D3GYQQciyc
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Van Q. Truong (@vanqtruong) June 12, 2015
I know, I know, way too #distractinglysexy http://t.co/I1E2a6chI3
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Shannon Best (@shannonebest) June 12, 2015
Now I see why we caught so many female bugs, the males couldn't handle how #distractinglysexy I was! http://t.co/68QG7gfB0x
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Allanna Russell (@TheXerkat) June 12, 2015
Oh don't look at me, maybe you falling in love... an then the tears! #DistractinglySexy http://t.co/l4yXC3nXvB
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susy luck - (@mariaacorcione) June 12, 2015
The only picture I have of myself at work where my mascara isn't running from all of the crying #distractinglysexy http://t.co/UWEuXjXMxk
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Charlene Blomquist (@charlenedowney) June 11, 2015
We, biologists, are soooo #DistractinglySexy!!! Got to love field work & science!!! @univdeevora http://t.co/CaCm5H297S
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Ana I Catarino (@Zebrazuli) June 11, 2015
Looking for puffins is #distractinglysexy http://t.co/NxQxtLGbzH
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Michelle Nijhuis (@nijhuism) June 12, 2015
Academy botanist Alice Eastwood distracting some colleagues in 1951! #distractinglysexy http://t.co/Gj6r8yx8tz
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Cal Academy Library (@calacadlibrary) June 12, 2015
Trouble with female marine biologists is we just can't concentrate when wet #distractinglysexy #womeninscience http://t.co/nedMywYJkN
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Sarah Weston (@MissPlaice) June 11, 2015
I remember when I went to the lab to fall in love and cry all day. Those were the times. #distractinglysexy #TimHunt http://t.co/dTkQGQZ1fW
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(@ricaline) June 12, 2015
Stopped crying long enough to upload this #distractinglysexy #TimHunt @VagendaMagazine http://t.co/P0d1Fcx02n
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Zoé Vincent-Mistiaen (@zoeivmist) June 10, 2015
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