Techies in Fight Club
As per Michael Messner, sociology and gender studies professor at University of Southern California, men involved in fight clubs often carry bottled-up violent impulses learned in childhood from video games, cartoons and movies.
As per the news from USA TODAY, every two weeks some techies from the Silicon Valley turn into vicious street brawlers in a real-life, underground fight club. They are the ones who sport love handles and Ivy League degrees
Kicking, punching and swinging every household object imaginable - from frying pans and tennis rackets to pillowcases stuffed with soda cans - they beat each other mercilessly in a garage in this bedroom community south of San Francisco.
Then, bloodied and bruised, in the morning they back on their work.
After 1999 film Fight Club, starring Brad Pitt and Ed Norton, a number underground bare-knuckle brawling clubs have sprung up across the country. This is for the desk jockeys and disgruntled youths to vent their frustrations and prove themselves.
As per the news, in recent months, police in New Jersey and Pennsylvania have broken up fight clubs involving teens and preteens who posted videos of their bloody battles online.
USA TODAY reports that in Texas, a high school student who didn’t want to participate was beaten so badly that he suffered a brain hemorrhage and broken vertebrae. Six teenagers were arrested after DVDs of the fight appeared for sale online.
www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-05-29-fight-club_x.htm
Liz Tomey
www.FightClubNews.com
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