Turns Out Einstein Was A Cold-Hearted Misogynist Who Attempted To Control His Wifes Every Move

[FarCenter]

Albert Einstein is regarded as one of history’s greatest geniuses, both for his contributions to humanity’s understanding of physics and for his embodiment of the stereotypical traits of the eccentric brainiac. Unfortunately, those stereotypical traits included some serious issues with human interaction, which resulted in Einstein treating the women in his life terribly. It’s a part of his life story that makes his overall — largely untarnished — legacy tough to digest.

Albert Einstein married his first wife Mileva Marić, a mathematician and his fellow student at Zurich Polytechnic, in 1903, and from the beginning, he didn’t treat his spouse very well. As the marriage deteriorated, things got simultaneously ugly and ridiculous, culminating in Einstein creating a list of demands that Marić had to adhere to if she wanted him to stay in the relationship. The demands themselves were patently misogynistic and downright abusive, effectively meant to curtail any and all human interaction between the couple. Crafting a cruel list of demands wasn’t Einstein’s only offense against Marić however; some historians argue that he also erased her contributions to his groundbreaking theories — including the Theory of Relativity.

https://medium.com/@editors_91459/turns-out-einstein-was-a-cold-hearted-misogynist-who-attempted-to-control-his-wifes-every-move-c3f1ff70bf8c

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. Damn. But I'm surprised I'm not more surprised.

[frazzled]

2. His problematic relationships with women (and his many affairs) were portrayed

in the Nat Geo series "Genius," which was an incredibly compelling show. Beautifully shot and superbly acted (two different actors playing the younger and older Einstein). All ten episodes available here: really worth a watch:

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/genius/video-gallery/?filter=episodes&sort=recent

[WhiteTara]

3. Picasso sent his wife to a mental institution

Isn't there a saying behind every great man is a woman? Something like that? And many of those great men are great assholes and terrible human beings.

[Guilded Lilly]

4. After reading more about Maric...

My guess is she agreed to his “demands” because she didn’t really care to challenge them and was, on her own, quite capable of maintaining her own life and interests without his personal input, either.

A lot of women exist and thrive quite well without the physical or intellectual input of their legal spouses. Both were reclusive.

Victim? With her brain, independent streak and personality displayed in what I read about her, I doubt she was one.