Nobel scientist Tim Hunt: female scientists cause trouble for men in labs

English biochemist tells conference women in laboratories 'fall in love with you and when you criticise them, they cry'

Tim Hunt, where's the science in your prejudice against women?

Scientists should work in gender-segregated labs, according to a Nobel laureate, who said the trouble with "girls" is that they cause men to fall in love with them and cry when criticised.

Tim Hunt, an English biochemist who admitted that he has a reputation for being a "chauvinist", said to the World Conference of Science Journalists in Seoul, South Korea: "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 criticise them, they cry."