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Slice: The Social Destruction of Tim Hunt

4,945 views · Published 15 June 2015 · 7:07 · Indexed 21 October 2026

Channel: Jeff Holiday · 2015 · News & Politics

Recently Tim Hunt made some stupid remarks. According to him he was nervous and attempted to be funny. He ended up sounding like a misogynist, something he and his family and his colleagues swear he is not.

The response to this has been disproportionate and vile. This knighted nobel prize winning scientist has been pressured to retire and is hounded by the press. Are we this sensitive?

CNN's coverage:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/11/europe/hunt-women-scientists/

Tim and his wife's perspective (very revealing, especially on the timeline):
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jun/13/tim-hunt-hung-out-to-dry-interview-mary-collins

The mayor of London and Richard Dawkins support Dr. Hunt (while Buzzfeed labels them 'apologists'):
http://www.buzzfeed.com/virginiahughes/tim-hunts-apologists#.sejm7L5B4k

Fiona Fox has a fascinating perspective on this:
http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/call-off-the-hunt/

And lastly, Rebecca Watson showing her charm:
http://skepchick.org/2015/06/nobel-laureate-wishes-girls-would-stop-cryingfalling-in-love-with-him/

Slice: The Social Destruction of Tim Hunt

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