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Man as an Appliance

kanuk876

December 6, 2008

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Title	Man as an Appliance
Author	kanuk876
Upvotes	24
Comments	6
Date	December 6, 2008 3:14 PM UTC (17 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/7hsc8/man_as_an_appliance/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MensRights/man-as-an-appliance.1055912 https://theredarchive.com/post/1055912

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[–][deleted] 4 points5 points6 points 17 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

[–]windynights 2 points3 points4 points 17 years ago (4 children) | Copy Link

[–]kanuk876[S,🍰] 3 points4 points5 points 17 years ago* (1 child) | Copy Link

I am uncomfortable with the very notion that "her space" is the entire house by default. It doesn't matter how many rooms I convert to my purposes. If the presumption is that she owns the house and, on her good graces, lets me use a room or two... that's a problem. That's not a partnership; that's an owner-tenant relationship.

I refuse to feel like a tenant in my own home. I refuse to feel like a guest in my own living room.

I know one guy who's room is an oversized closet. He keeps it locked to protect his electronics gear and whatnot. I think this is a metaphor for masculinity in the North American family -- masculinity is tolerated as long as it's safely contained behind closed doors, in a 'spare' room in the basement.

Heaven forbid some of that masculinity spill out into where kids are exposed to it. Yikes! Call child services!

You know, the Den used to be an important, prominent, respected space in the home. The Den was the guy's room, filled with guy things. What happened to the Den?

[–]windynights 1 point2 points3 points 17 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

[–]Jwoey 2 points3 points4 points 17 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

[–]Mooshiga 0 points1 point2 points 17 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link