My first thought when I hear about men confining their mess to their own quarters is: who takes care of it in the shared quarters? This is the bit that often "goes without saying". Even without children, the running of lives is time-consuming.
And then my train of thought takes to me A Room of One's Own, since usually I have found (in my lifetime experience, and observing writer friends and others) that any studies or extra rooms tend to go the man first. As I say, this is by and large. I mean think of ten examples - without trying to find the exceptions - and see what the percentage is.
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