Yeah, I was definitely very critical of his stupid remarks, but he is a good scientist. The fact that he's losing all of his positions seems like overkill.
I gotta say, I hate OP's title. First of all, we need to remember that Hunt said "girls", which I think carries just that much more condescension. Second of all, it's not some generic "women" who are forcing him out of positions--I assure you men are involved, too, because they were unprepared for a scandal of this nature and their knee-jerk reaction is to distance themselves from it as much as possible.
Personally, I would rather have seen a genuine apology (his first apology was very "Sorry, not sorry") and perhaps see a panel on the history of women in science, how they're perceived, what progress has/hasn't been made, etc. Use it as a learning/teaching experience, don't just throw the guy under the bus and pretend it never happened.
I personally would've rather seen people that work with him say amongst themselves "What a douche" and I would've liked to have seen no response from the media, because if we're honest, who really gives a shit? Also I don't feel that the women he works with are deserved an apology because that's his honest opinion.
Honestly this guy is deserving of the pointing and laughing he's getting. That crap is on the same level as putting a hijab on a woman cause otherwise you can't control yourself.
[–] rererert 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The guy seems like a jerk, but does he really need to be fired?
[–] fishstickgumbo ago
Yeah, I was definitely very critical of his stupid remarks, but he is a good scientist. The fact that he's losing all of his positions seems like overkill.
I gotta say, I hate OP's title. First of all, we need to remember that Hunt said "girls", which I think carries just that much more condescension. Second of all, it's not some generic "women" who are forcing him out of positions--I assure you men are involved, too, because they were unprepared for a scandal of this nature and their knee-jerk reaction is to distance themselves from it as much as possible.
Personally, I would rather have seen a genuine apology (his first apology was very "Sorry, not sorry") and perhaps see a panel on the history of women in science, how they're perceived, what progress has/hasn't been made, etc. Use it as a learning/teaching experience, don't just throw the guy under the bus and pretend it never happened.
[–] rererert 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I personally would've rather seen people that work with him say amongst themselves "What a douche" and I would've liked to have seen no response from the media, because if we're honest, who really gives a shit? Also I don't feel that the women he works with are deserved an apology because that's his honest opinion.
[–] waughmp ago
Drama gets in the way of science, and now he has made himself into a source of drama, for no purpose at all.