11 Totally Awesome Female Scientists Tweet #DistractinglySexy Pictures To Confront Sexism
What a great reminder to our daughters that they can, and should, chase their dreams and go into whatever career field they want.
By Jacob Geers
Nobel Prize winner Tim Hunt was all too eager to tell us about what the problems were with girls in science. According to him, only three things happen when women work in a science laboratory:
- You fall in love with them
- They fall in love with you
- They cry when you criticize them
His remarks were made at a conference of science journalists, and they were rightfully called out as extremely sexist. Hunt subsequently resigned from his position as an honorary professor, but not before inspiring Vagenda Magazine to issue this challenge:
https://twitter.com/VagendaMagazine/status/608584030032945152
Many female scientists have already answered the call:
https://twitter.com/norahebrown/status/609412047617458176
https://twitter.com/lorenelynn/status/609405348013719553
https://twitter.com/MadisonHerbert1/status/609387449069006849
https://twitter.com/LaganClaire/status/609384862890520576
https://twitter.com/qz/status/609381910884671489
https://twitter.com/drmichellelarue/status/609365516113719296
https://twitter.com/JessicaMarzipan/status/609269413557088256
https://twitter.com/jpournelle/status/609346562389479424
https://twitter.com/drtanthony/status/609343267986014208
https://twitter.com/mauisadie/status/609437216046080000
https://twitter.com/Point_Mutation/status/609056361930891265
What a great reminder to our daughters that they can, and should, chase their dreams and go into whatever career field they want.