Elon Musk’s ex-wife described ‘alpha’ behaviour ‘rendering her disposable’ in resurfaced essay
21.05.2022 - 03:35
/ msn.com
essay written by Elon Musk’s first wife during their messy divorce proceedings has drawn renewed attention this week after a flight attendant accused the billionaire of exposing himself during a trip on a private jet. Justine Musk, mother of the SpaceX executive’s five sons, wrote the essay in 2010 for Marie Claire magazine, describing how the couple’s love story eventually turned into a relationship in which she did not recognise herself. She described “warning signs,” even on the night they were married.
“As we danced at our wedding reception, Elon told me, ‘I am the alpha in this relationship,’ Ms Musk wrote. “I shrugged it off, just as I would later shrug off signing the postnuptial agreement, but as time went on, I learned that he was serious. He had grown up in the male-dominated culture of South Africa, and the will to compete and dominate that made him so successful in business did not magically shut off when he came home.
“This, and the vast economic imbalance between us, meant that in the months following our wedding, a certain dynamic began to take hold. Elon’s judgment overruled mine, and he was constantly remarking on the ways he found me lacking. ‘I am your wife,” I told him repeatedly, ‘not your employee.
’“’If you were my employee,’ he said just as often, ‘I would fire you. ’”The essay began making the rounds again online this week after Insider reported that the Tesla exec had been accused in 2016 of exposing himself to a female flight attendant, rubbing her leg without consent, and offering to buy her a horse if she gave him an erotic massage. The report alleged he paid $250,000 to settle the sexual misconduct claim.
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