We like them! "Boys", too! We haven't experienced the distressing "trouble" with this situation that poor Tim Hunt has had to endure.
There is plenty that has been said about this whole fiasco and we probably don't have much that's novel to add. But for some interesting commentary that we agree with, check out Mike Eisen's post here. The specific protocol used to oust Tim Hunt and whether his comments were really so much worse that what others have said (or regularly don't say due to a sense of propriety) are debatable. Whether Hunt's comments are offensive is really not debatable. They are- at least to many scientists that we know, both female and male. Certainly the situation has gotten more attention than anyone probably anticipated, but it does reflect a real issue that at least a subset of scientists truly grapple with. So we don't feel bad for Tim Hunt. Or those who are rushing to defend his statements and being called out for it, as their apologist backlash often seems at least as disturbing as the original comments that Hunt put forth and then vigorously defended publicly on multiple occasions.
-Gloria and Elçin