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College Op-Ed: The Phrase ‘Man Cave’ Is Offensive
National Review ^ | November 17, 2015 | Katherine Timpf

Posted on 11/24/2015 4:30:01 PM PST by Clintonfatigued

Your room name is hurting people.

According to a recent student op ed, a bro-dude calling a room in his house a “man cave” is not just obnoxious but truly harmful to women and a “disgusting patriarchal myth.”

“While I think it’s perfectly acceptable, and even healthy, to have separate spaces where one can enjoy time alone, the gendered language around ‘man cave’ is pretty gross,” Kalani Ruidas writes in a piece for Golden Gate Xpress, San Francisco State University’s official student newspaper.

Lest you think that what a dude decides to call a room in his own house isn’t hurting anyone, Ruidas wants you to know that the idea of a “man cave” amounts to a “passive dig at femininity” — yes, the very idea of femininity! — because it’s like saying that “women are such a burden that they’re restricted from that zone.”

(Of course, some people might think that some rooms are called “man caves” just because they’re filled with traditionally “man-like” things. However, intelligent people know that this could not be the case because gender roles obviously do not exist.)

“They’re the makings of a shrine to big business that has man-cavers nostalgic for a time when they were happy . . . guys should get over the feudalistic idea of a man cave allowing them to be the ‘lord of their manor’ in a room they can call their own,” Ruidas explains in her piece, which is titled “Man Caves Perpetuate Patriarchy.”

In addition to perpetuating patriarchy, Ruidas argues, “man caves” can also make racism worse . . . because “a man cave is a place where a man devolves into a grunting subhuman that leaves sexist and racist comments on message boards

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To: Steely Tom
Which means that any man who is on his way to use the facilities has to avert his eyes if someone comes out of the women’s room as he’s passing.

Avert? Not before I raise a bemused eyebrow. ;-)

41 posted on 11/24/2015 4:55:08 PM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

He was el mas macho.


42 posted on 11/24/2015 4:56:06 PM PST by Tax-chick (Oh, dear. I confused me.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Ah okay then what about the term CAVE MAN? is that to become TABOO as well??


43 posted on 11/24/2015 4:56:14 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><> GO CRUZ!!!!)
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To: Clintonfatigued

I do not care for the term, “man cave”. When I was a lad, the man’s room in the house was his den. Women weren’t explicitly denied access, it didn’t have to labeled “man” the way a public restroom might, any more than a bedroom vanity has to be labeled “woman”. In both cases, the purpose is obvious.


44 posted on 11/24/2015 4:56:34 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Maine Mariner

Don’t doubt that one bit.


45 posted on 11/24/2015 4:57:30 PM PST by Roger Kaputnik (Just because I'm paranoid doesn't prove that they aren't out to get me.)
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Oops sorry. Not Kate. That would be Ms. Ruidas.


46 posted on 11/24/2015 5:00:32 PM PST by Kudsman (Restore the Republic, repeal the 17th.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Thus the need for the Man-Cave....


47 posted on 11/24/2015 5:00:51 PM PST by G Larry (ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Time to bring back beating women until morale improves.


48 posted on 11/24/2015 5:00:55 PM PST by Walrus (Motto of Congress: Hey, there's plenty enough money for all of us, if we just play nice)
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To: Bernard Marx

A garage? I had one once, now the Wife has it packed with stuff.


49 posted on 11/24/2015 5:01:20 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: fr_freak
"$*&%#$ needs to shut up and make someone a sandwich


50 posted on 11/24/2015 5:01:30 PM PST by Iron Munro (The wise have stores of choice food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20)
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To: Lazamataz

51 posted on 11/24/2015 5:01:53 PM PST by EEGator
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To: Clintonfatigued

Lol. Crazy bimbos. In my house, everything is decorated and arranges as my wife, queen of the hive, wants it. She manages the house day to day ops. I follow orders, do maintenance and help as needed. That’s her role in our marriage. I provide for and protect the family. We both are very involved and active in raising, coaching, teaching and disciplining our kids.

I have a man cave. It’s a part of the garage. It’s my shop with my tools and stuff. The only thing the wife does in there is place items that need repair or maintenance. But it is my space. My man cave.

SF feminists can go suck start a Kenworth for all I care.


52 posted on 11/24/2015 5:02:27 PM PST by Tenacious 1 (You couldn't pay me enough to be famous for being stupid!)
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To: Clintonfatigued

I have an area in my basement that I call my ‘man cave’ (I’m straight married female) where I keep my workbench, mechanics tools, power tools and gun reloading equipment. My husband, MrR tends to find it offensive that I call it that but he has a right.


53 posted on 11/24/2015 5:03:02 PM PST by reaganaut (I'm looking forward to Trump as President. I'm an Evangelical and I vote.)
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To: bgill

Very few women sew and thus have ‘sewing rooms’ it is considered ‘unfeminist’. Those who do sew tend to be interested in costume or design like me.

I have both a large sewing room and a ‘man cave’.


54 posted on 11/24/2015 5:04:25 PM PST by reaganaut (I'm looking forward to Trump as President. I'm an Evangelical and I vote.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

An aftermarket 4-position switch is needed: COOK - CLEAN - F*** - OFF


55 posted on 11/24/2015 5:10:51 PM PST by twister881
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To: Clintonfatigued

And no note about ISIS sex slaves, nothing more about Boko Haram’s kidnapped Christian girls except an old hash tag recycling.


56 posted on 11/24/2015 5:11:20 PM PST by tbw2
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To: hanamizu

A friend has the HWHC. We play poker and watch football there. No girls allowed.

Heman Woman Haters Club -— little rascals.


57 posted on 11/24/2015 5:11:29 PM PST by Tenacious 1 (You couldn't pay me enough to be famous for being stupid!)
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To: Lazamataz

Lol. I can hear Kahns speaking those words!


58 posted on 11/24/2015 5:12:20 PM PST by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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To: Clintonfatigued

59 posted on 11/24/2015 5:14:56 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Clintonfatigued

I think it’s a dumb phrase.


60 posted on 11/24/2015 5:16:40 PM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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