house; home is defined as something beyond the place in which you reside. It’s a place where your heart is, and where you feel most in tuned with who you are. A house is a structure, a home on the other hand is a place, one that elicits a special kind of emotion. These emotions include, but are not limited to, safety, privacy, self-expression, power, and freedom. In “Domesticating military masculinities: home, performance and the negotiation of identity” we see how the military has different effects on how male veterans see the home once they are discharged from service and re-introduced into a society. How the different experiences they go through during their time in the military can shape their view on the home in a positive or negative way. There are also different geographical areas within a house in which different genders feel at home and most territorial. For example, in "Kitchenspace: Gendered territory in central Mexico" we see a group of Mexican women who view the area of the kitchen not as a place of oppression, but a place of power. It was a space where women in this culture are in charge, where daughters learn from mothers and family members connect.
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