Man Cave

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From Wikipedia:

A man cave, sometimes a mantuary or manspace, is a male sanctuary, such as a specially equipped garage, spare bedroom, media room, den, or basement. It is not a cave but rather a metaphor describing a room inside the house, such as the basement or garage or attic or office, or outside the house such as a wood shed or tool room, where "guys can do as they please" without fear of upsetting any female sensibility about house decor or design. Paula Aymer of Tufts University calls it the "last bastion of masculinity".

While a wife may have substantial authority over a whole house in terms of design and decoration, she generally has no say about what gets "mounted on the walls" of a man's personal space. Since it may be accepted that a woman has input on the decoration of the rest of the house, a man cave or man space is in some sense a reaction to feminine domestic power.

What do you think of man caves? Are you a man who has a man cave?

[reiddb]

I'm not a fan of them....I think it's just another thing to separate the family.  To have some different pastimes is one thing, to have your own space is another.

[Shandara09]

I never really understood them, but if a couple is ok with having one, then I don't see a problem as long as it doesn't interfere with relationships within the family.  I guess I feel like the decor around the house should be a mix of both styles of the couple, so there would be no need for a space for only men.  Women want to have a place to get away too, so it would make more sense to me if it was a place for anyone to relax if need be.

[jwallbank]

I recently painted the basement which the Kids were living at one point, they are now out and on their own. I was thinking of making it my man cave. It has a bathroom and a small kitchen down there, so if the wife wants to watch her shows and I want to watch football or something else, I can use that. Now that I'm retired, I've got time to think about it.

[Lindaroof]

When we were living in our house, my husband LOVED the basement, it was cool in the summer and he wanted to spend all his time down there. I found it to be too confining for mr.

[vickysue]

I guess they would be alright. Providing they kep alltheir mess down there. It is so hard to keep picking up and straightening up after a man. Don't they relize how much work it is. I help  him all the time when he is working outside ( like going and getting wood and theysawing it up and stacking it) But mancan't pickup anything in the house. This is from the live in maid. Ladies you know how it is.