Nobel laureate Tim Hunt was forced to resign from his post as honorary professor at University College London, United Kingdom, following his now notorious comments at a South Korean conference about the "trouble with girls" in laboratories.
Tim Hunt insists he was "only joking" — and several female scientists have rallied to his defence. But the implication that men can only undertake the serious work of science when women are absent means that, on the contrary, we must take his words very seriously indeed.
Hunt was in an elite group of scientific career makers who oversee budgets and appointments, sit on prize giving and peer review committees, and choose who is admitted into elite societies. The posts he has lost through his carelessness include serving on selection committees at both the United Kingdom's Royal Society and the European Research Council.
Bringing more women into such societies and committees, which traditionally have been dominated by men, would be a welcome step. Indeed evidence from developing countries reveals that stronger female representation within science and government brings benefits for women in science and in society at large.
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