Why Nikola Tesla Is a Hero to Men's Rights Activists

[unrepentant progress]

ROFL! I didn't know the MRAs were worshiping Tesla's most loathsome views, although I'm not surprised.

Nikola Tesla is celebrated as a genius who had an amazing ability to envision the future. He predicted cellphones, television, and even elements of the internet long before any of these things existed. But he also had some weird ideas about the social issues of tomorrow. Which is why he's become an unlikely hero in the so-called Men's Rights community of today.

Tesla explained that he once adored and worshipped women. But that his perspective had recently changed, as women had become more and more like men, striving to compete with men in so many aspects of society.

"Now the soft-voiced gentle woman of my reverent worship has all but vanished," Tesla told a reporter in 1924. "In her place has come the woman who thinks that her chief success in life lies in making herself as much as possible like man—in dress, voice and actions, in sports and achievements of every kind."

Today, websites like the infamously terrible Return of Kings describe Tesla's predictions about the subjugation of men as "disturbingly accurate," while some men on Reddit call him a prophet — a vindication of their warped worldview where women dominate and oppress men in all aspects of society.

Full post: http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/why-nikola-tesla-is-an-unlikely-hero-to-mens-rights-act-1661132299

[arcane1]

1. That sense of inadequacy seems to be a common thread. n/t

[unrepentant progress]

2. It used to be the "feminization" of men that was the big fear

This was especially prevalent mid-century, but you hear right wing talk show hosts talking about it today. Seems like the fear is shifting to outright oppression of men by women now. As for Tesla's opinions, let's just say the man had issues which only his friends the pigeons could understand.

[Odin2005]

3. No wonder the morons on Reddit love him so much.

[SunSeeker]

4. As smart as he was, he couldn't escape the misogyny of the culture he was born into.

Sad that bigotry and sexism persist in educated, intelligent people.

[JI7]

5. dos this mean they will give up on sex with women ?

[unrepentant progress]

6. Hah! I think many MRAs don't have to worry about making that decision.