Not the greatest title but I really couldn’t think of a good way to give all the facts… Anyway, listener Lauren, who had a few choice words on Twitter for my discussion with Tom and Cecil about Tim Hunt, is here to talk about that whole debacle. First, we get to know Lauren a little bit, and then we dive into the issues.
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I wish you had, or hope you do push her more on the “what women she’s listening to” question. I heard a number of feminists trashing him, but the women in science I heard were predominantly supporting him, particularly those who knew him. In other words the ones who would know if he were actually a sexist.
Oh, and you did a great job, inadvertently showing how the word “girls” could be used jokingly without it saying anything about you personally.