Were only men allowed, or did women just not want to join? But you don't see Tyler or the Narrator trying to recruit women either.
shareIf they did they would be fighting other men. Besides I think Tyler was recruiting men only.
shareWe were not gay
shareYour post only proves the point of how persecuted we are in society today. We literally can't do anything as a monolithic group without someone saying skirts have to be present in everything we do. Women weren't a part of the story.
shareWell, except one woman.
shareSince the emotional core of the story is about repressed homosexuality and trying to find a sense of masculinity within the confines of a safe middle-class lifestyle... I can't see why a sane woman would be interested in participating in Fight Club.
Of course there might be a few who might like to watch, but participate? No way!
"Reality conforms to your perception of it"
shareThe whole movie is about a man's struggle with his sexuality and flirtation with going the gay way... It's the subtext of the movie..
It's not a fighting movie... It's an allegory for being closeted and cruising for dudes... Why do you think there are so many oiled up twinks in the movie? Meatloaf was the only guy over 200lbs...
It's surprising to me that this film has become such an iconic movie among a certain generation of young men... It's their Top Gun, another movie about the same topic...
Here's Tarantino explaining it for you...
https://youtu.be/gSV35A1cQDM
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I'm not gay, but Fight Club isn't exactly subtle about it... I'm pretty sure it's a subtext of the book as well...
You didn't find the bathtub scene between Brad Pitt's and Edward Norton's characters gay? The line about "... I'm wondering if another woman is really the answer we need." or Edward Norton beating up Jared Leto's character in a jealous rage saying "I felt like destroying something beautiful." the scene where he says he can't get married... He inturrupts Brad Pitt's character from having sex with Marla and gazes at his naked, oiled-up body, which Pitt's character presents fully to Norton... Fincher shot it that way intentionally, because he understands the material... I could go on, the movie certainly does...
They just stop short of going full Brokeback Mountain on one another... Not exactly subtle, or hidden...
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I actually haven't seen Brokeback Mountain, but the movie poster is enough and it's the only gay movie I can think of, apart from Blue is the Warmest Colour, but that was lesbians...
Fight Club is probably the gayest film I've ever seen... Sure, it does have a surface plot about anarchy, street fighting and an anti-corporate, anti-consumer message, but it's also dripping in homo eroticism... Not that that makes it any less of a movie...
Watch it again... You'll see..