As Dr. Phil would say, men and women are different. So it follows that if Fight Club were centered around the deviant behavior of a group of women, Fight Club would be different too. The men in Fight Club secretly meet and beat the hell out of each other. As Fight Club escalates into Project Mayhem, their activities expand into creating utter chaos through subversion, vandalism and various other crimes. These devious behaviors may be considered masculine activities, so in this case, what would women be doing in the context of Fight Club?
Women are generally perceived to be the weaker sex, and in many cultures are oppressed and forced into the subservient role. One could argue that deviant behavior for women would be any action that defies their gender role. Women could potentially meet and plan ways to overthrow the male-dominated culture. Of course, much of these could be similar to the actions undertaken in Fight Club's Project Mayhem, but with more gender oriented goals. Instead of the goal of pure mayhem and confusion, the members of this female Project Mayhem could instead look to plant the seeds of equality, or perhaps even female superiority. Fight Club would be different if the roles were reversed, but much of the same themes and plots would be present.
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