“Out back” is his man cave. When we bought this house, there was a small storage shed in the backyard. Edward said he’d make it his retreat for when the estrogen of four women in the house got to be too much.
This possibly. POSSIBLY. Is the only reason a man cave should exist.
But his sorry tail shouldn't be allowed to have one. Jerk.
Also, there's no such thing as a cave for one person. The only exception would possibly be an outnumbered situation such as above, or if both spouses need offices and are short a room. Other than those two, there's no logical reason besides outdated practices imo. You actively sought out to make a family, so you don't get to run into the yard to get away from it just because of your gender. You don't get to be the only partner with a special stomp-off space on the shared property. Random rant, but we've gotta let that go. Seriously.

