The Yellow Wallpaper and Fight Club.

[B-Pep]

Recently I read a famous Gothic story, The Yellow Wallpaper. The story is a typical late 19th century feminist story about how "oppressed" women were/always are and about their attempt to break free from a masculine oriented society. In this story feminine emotions are looked down upon and seen as a sickness which is to be treated.

I've noticed something interesting, Fight Club is almost like that story flipped around. In Fight Club, men are trying to break free from a feminine oriented society. Female traits like obsession with possessions, vanity, and cowardice are totally smashed as men try to reclaim their masculinity in a society that keeps anything related to testosterone down. They trade in their possessions for adventure, they trade in their cosmetic beauty for some bruises and scars, they trade in their cowardice for irresponsible risk-taking. Thoughts?

[Mike Jahn]

Recently I read a famous Gothic story, The Yellow Wallpaper. The story is a typical late 19th century feminist story about how "oppressed" women were/always are and about their attempt to break free from a masculine oriented society. In this story feminine emotions are looked down upon and seen as a sickness which is to be treated.

I've noticed something interesting, Fight Club is almost like that story flipped around. In Fight Club, men are trying to break free from a feminine oriented society. Female traits like obsession with possessions, vanity, and cowardice are totally smashed as men try to reclaim their masculinity in a society that keeps anything related to testosterone down. They trade in their possessions for adventure, they trade in their cosmetic beauty for some bruises and scars, they trade in their cowardice for irresponsible risk-taking. Thoughts?

I wonder how popular Fight Club was/is? I think most White men probably wouldn't get it, the message is over their heads. Movie audiences in general are dumber than moviemakers tend to perceive.