A room, space, corner or area of a dwelling that is specifically reserved for a male person to be in a solitary condition, away from the rest of the household in order to work, play, involve himself in certain hobbies, activities without interruption. This area is usually decorated by the male that uses it without interference from any female influence.
Man caves are considered to be crucial for any man in a relationship. When a man is single, his whole house or apartment becomes his cave, hence the term ‘bachelor apartment or suite’. This cave can be any room in the house – in can even be the garage – that is designated as ‘his’. The man will have total control over this room and arrange things how he sees fit. He will use this room as a place to escape from the daily grind of life, from his annoying hag of a wife who’s always nagging him, from his whiny children, from his work stress, from any kind of obligation. Only in his man cave, can a man truly be free.
Horseshit.
It’s not that I’m against men having a private space, EVERYONE should have a room of their own. But the idea behind the man cave is full of horrifying gender stereotypes. That a man needs to have an escape from his wife and children is completely offensive. A man may need a place where he can decompress and relax and process things on his own. A man needs privacy and space, sure. But this idea of needing to escape one’s wife is insulting. Why did you marry her? If she’s the kind of person who can’t give you space, why the fuck are you with her? Or perhaps she’s fine with giving you space she just doesn’t want you to pull away from her and become emotionally distant as so many men in relationships do.
I think everyone should have a place where they can have ‘me-time’. I certainly need it. It’s not because I hate my partner or I’m sick of him nagging at me all the time. On the contrary, I like my partner. I like being around him and I enjoy his company. For the record, he enjoys mine too. But we’re human and we don’t always want to be around each other. So we need space and a place that we can recharge so that we’re good to each other in our relationship.
The man cave should become the ‘me-cave’. Everyone deserves a me-cave. If I had one, maybe I’d be able to get some work done.
1. The garage is my man-cave. It’s full of tools and other manly things. I like to go out there so that I can be a man. Cause when I’m doing sissy things like housework, I don’t feel like a man. And I hate not feeling like a man. Shit.
2. If I had a man cave it would be full of sparkly jewels.
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