Cry...*

Sir Tim Hunt: Awarded the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 2001, the biochemist was knighted in 2006 and held the role of honorary professor at UCL’s Faculty of Life Sciences.

He had reportedly said: “Let me tell you about my trouble with girls. Three things happen when they are in the lab: you fall in love with them, they fall in love with you, and when you criticize them they cry.”

He told the BBC: “I did mean the part about having trouble with girls. "I have fallen in love with people in the lab and people in the lab have fallen in love with me and it's very disruptive to the science because it's terribly important that in a lab people are on a level playing field".

The comments were made during the World Conference of Science Journalists in South Korea, and the scientist told the BBC it was “a very stupid thing to do in the presence of all those journalists”.

The Royal Society, of which Sir Tim has been a fellow since 1991, has already distanced itself from the comments, which sparked a backlash online.

I also object......      Just a thought.