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.â€
“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.â€
(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.â€
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
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
Rich Corinthian leather!
"Safe Space for Heterosexually Afflicted Penile-Americans."
I suppose they could call it “my personal safe space.”
Yep, some sort of affliction would have to be claimed, but it still probably wouldn't work in today's lunatic society.
I’m offended at your offense!
Who wins?
Man cave is actually derogatory towards men but we we men can take a little bit of needling unlike thin-skinned, whiny feminists.
Real men don’t have ‘man caves’
‘men’ who have man caves are just succumbing to an overbearing wife who wants to extend her influence over him by outlining where he must go.
She sends the kids to their rooms, her husband to his ‘man cave’, and then she can continue to run the household without the distractions of ‘those unruly kids and husband’.
You would think feminists would be happy if men just stayed in their caves and didn’t come out!
She’s mad because no one wants her man cave.
My whole house is a man cave.
The sign on the door says No Kalanis Allowed.
Secure, well adjusted, women have no problem with trivial matters like this.
Excellent point. Maybe call it the “throne room” instead.
I’ve been offended by the term “beauty parlor” myself....
Perhaps she would prefer we call them “Left-Wing-Bitch-Free Safety-Zones”....
They’re just angry that they can’t get the location of all of them and destroy them. They’ve got to make everyone as absolutely miserable as they are.
Thank you. Let someone else reside underground and call it “the basement”.
This struck me as hilarious. I have an office where I write. It's my "man cave," even though I don't use the term. The adjacent room is my wife's sewing room. It's her "woman cave." We're both happy with the arrangement.
I would suggest the phrase BITCH Writer for the chick writing this drivel
That’s not funny.
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