%0 Journal Article
%T Neo
%A Aaron Heresco
%A Lauren J. DeCarvalho
%A Michelle Rodino-Colocino
%J Television & New Media
%@ 1552-8316
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1527476417709341
%X Male exclusive spaces enable and dismiss discussion of misogynist violence, as they did during the 2017 U.S. presidential election. In the decade and a half prior, men-only, homosocial, domestic ¡°man caves¡± became a cultural trend. Given man caves¡¯ popularity and potential to enable patriarchal oppression, we ask: what do man caves suggest about masculinity¡¯s vitality in an era wherein patriarchy reigns, but challenges to hegemonic masculinity are evident? To answer, we textually analyze Man Caves, DIY (Do-It-Yourself) cable channel¡¯s renovation reality show. From a feminist perspective, we examine how Man Caves constructs ¡°neo-orthodox masculinity,¡± our term for masculinity that recovers and challenges old forms of masculine capital. Through mutually contradictory themes, Man Caves makes over masculinity in ways that respond to feminism as a movement to end patriarchy. We conclude by considering how feminist anger, hope, and activism may exploit the vulnerabilities that neo-orthodox masculinity highlights
%K Do-It-Yourself (DIY)
%K domestic space
%K feminism
%K hegemonic masculinity
%K man caves
%K neo-orthodox masculinity
%K patriarchy
%K post-closet
%K postfeminism
%K textual analysis
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1527476417709341