Show me your Man Cave
Really!
It evokes beer fridges and car parts; Super Bowl ads and maybe even Jerry Seinfeld’s bachelor pad, where he displayed his 17 favorite cereal boxes on a shelf.
It’s the Man Cave: punchline, poker hub, and perennial source of masculine escape.
To sociologist Tristan Bridges, who is studying the phenom, the man cave is also a window into the gender dynamics of a home; into friendship and loneliness; hobbies and pastimes — and what our physical spaces can tell us about ourselves.
For the past few years, he has been interviewing men (and some women!) about their “man caves” — and I’ve been interviewing him. (You can read one of those interviews on Substack here.)
Now we are teaming up, along with my pal (and the brilliant photo editor) Jackie Bates, on a project to go inside… deep inside… the Man Caves of America (or something like that).
Here’s where you come in:
Do you have a space that could be described as a “man cave” or do you know somebody who does? Would you (or they) be open to being interviewed about it for a future project from The New York Times?
If so, please click on the link below (no subscription required!) and fill out the form. And feel free to share your man cave stories in the comments!
Show Me Your Man Cave!
PS — Here is a photo of my spouse, Sam, in the desert Man Cave he’s built at the Airbnb we operate in Yucca Valley, CA. Sometimes a Brooklyn guy married to a feminist has just gotta build a bar with his bare hands and drive a monster truck, I guess?
I once dated a guy who didn’t have a “man cave” per se, but he did have a bedroom he called his “Ego Room”. I should’ve run faster. His own mother told me not to marry him, that he was too selfish.
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