the cave

A man cave, sometimes a mantuary^[1] or manspace,^[2] is a male sanctuary,^[3] such as a specially equipped garage,^[4] spare bedroom,^[3] media room,^[5] den,^[6] or basement.^[6]^[7] 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.^[8] Paula Aymer of Tufts University calls it the “last bastion of masculinity“.^[8]

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.^[8] 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.^[8]

in our case its my gym. we do most of our stuff there. its my fortress of solitude were i can go and lift heavy shit and talk smack and get help. i train with my other gogs. we have a strong bond and strong brotherhood there too and we have been through hell and back.