Saturday, November 10, 2007

The Lets-Trade-Cooking-Tips-And-Innocently-Discuss-Family-Values-Over-A-Cup-Of-Tea Club

There are two types of deviant behavior: the irrational and the rational. The former category can’t easily be characterized; the actions of those that fall into it have no real reasoning behind them and serve no clear-cut purpose. The latter category, on the other hand, can be described as such: those belonging to it have a particular goal, but are not particularly prudish in their method of reaching it. Fight Club falls into this category. Its goal – the goal of each individual member – is power. A women’s version of Fight Club would, no doubt, fall into this category as well. It would probably have the same goal – power – although its means of defining “power” and attaining “power” would be different.

First off, Women’s Fight Club would most probably associate power with wealth and money rather than strength and force. This assumption is based off the cultural stereotype that women value financial security/are materialistic/are money-oriented, much like the original Fight Club is based off the cultural stereotype that men value strength/like to fight/are violent.

Second off, Women’s Fight Club would have nothing to do with terrorism/violence/fighting. This is because the women would feel powerful through the growth of their wealth, rather than through wreaking mayhem. They could increase their wealth much more easily through indirect means, such as embezzlement, extortion, blackmail, thievery, fraud, and dishonesty, rather than through direct means, such as the use of force.

Third of all, Women’s Fight Club would threaten its opponents with blackmail/scandals/smear campaigns rather than with cutting off their appendages. Overall, it would use psychological threats rather than physical ones. Again, this goes back to the use of what’s easier.

Last of all, the name of Women’s Fight Club would probably be something random (since naming a criminal organization “Embezzlers, Inc.” kind of sends up a red flag).

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