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The way you decrease both the emptiness and femininity of this space is to get rid of all the retail mall goth shit, rev up the table saw and make some actual furniture.
If you're committed to the black and red aesthetic go with ebonized white oak and glazed black cherry. I'd lean toward the American Craftsman/Mission style, stylish within practicality and built to last, and most importantly would look absolutely stupid in distressed chalk paint.
There's a stereotype that men don't understand bed frames, somebody already in this comment section has posted a bare air mattress on the floor. The other extreme is the fuckateria table on display in the original post. Looks like a futon mat on plywood? Go to a mattress store and buy something that isn't marked down. As for a bed frame, simplicity is the order of the day. No footboard, if you go with a headboard make it functional. Should be low enough to sit down on, a bed you climb up on is college kid shit.
A taller dresser is more masculine, compared to a woman's dressing table.
A simple rocking chair is surprisingly useful, serves as a dressing rack.
You'll probably want three levels of lighting, mood lighting, reading lighting and cleaning lighting. Built-in overhead lights will serve as the latter.
Avoid any urge to set dress. This isn't a film set, you don't have to intentionally clutter tabletops and shelves with shit. Live a life and things to put there will happen to you. For the love of fuck don't decorate with books you want people to think you read.
Ron Swanson, is that you?