If the floor mattress is the symbol of an austere (if fulfilling) life, the Boy Room is the product of a more indulgent lifestyle, one that produces a clutter of empty beer cans, crumpled tissues (overflowing a rarely emptied wastebasket), and bunched-up bedsheets.

Everything about girls is scrutinized so highly and boys don't get that same treatment. Boys are like, “Yeah, girls will still date me if my room is nasty.”