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 ...
bitch needs to shut up and make someone a sandwich
“Sally’s into knowledge, spent her years in college just to find out nothing was true”
Get a life, Lady, cause it sure as h3ll seems like you haven’t been laid in awhile.
Because the college needs to fill up the classrooms!
Liberalism truly is a mental illness.
I think it probably was a term that some wife came up with when referring to the den, office, garage and shed.
I’ll tell you what’s offensive Anything out of a wet behind the ears liberal’s mouth. And the adult liberals are no better.
What doesn’t offend Libs?
They get offended at everything.
Here is a suggestion, Kate, grow a thicker skin.
Any females allowed into "the cave" will have to bring more than dusting supplies and a vacuum cleaner......(if you know what I mean),
Kalani Ruidas.
I find that name deeply offensive. It hurts me.
Well now. I really hadn’t been using the phrase very much. Now cognizant that it puts a burr under the feminazis’ saddles, I shall make an effort to add it to my vocabulary.
The women are jealous because the husband gets a man cave and the women get a sewing room!
If the man wanted a shop, the women would still be complaining because they can’t decorate it takes up too much of their time.
Somehow I don’t think the term “hen party” will pass muster with these humorless harpies either.
I drink beer in my man cave as well.
I see his picture and immediately think “fantasy island” and “chrysler cordoba”
Methinks Kate may yearn to be manly?
I don’t care!
“I have done worse than kill you.... I have HURT you. And I wish to go on HURTING YOU. I shall leave you as you left me.... buried in the center of a lifeless planet.... buried alive..... buried alllivvveee......”
CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVE!
My uncle called his cave “the boar’s nest”. My aunt kept her distance.
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