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Today?s society has not evolved enough to incorporate the new stream of individuals who were not raised in an ideal setting with both parents. The product of a single-parent, fatherless household is a man who lacks the witness of an everyday interaction of his parents and this need of a masculine role model dampens psychosexual development in men. Only until recently, almost every adult has enjoyed the liberty of two, married parents. Today, it is common knowledge that nearly half of all new marriages end in failure, which forces many children to grow up in broken homes. Without the foundation of a solid household to develop the psychosexual tendencies crucial to survival and maturity as an individual, it is difficult to negotiate in a society that is based on male and female associations and interaction.
The 1999 film, Fight Club, expands on this relationship issue of an archetypal broken-home child raised in a household by an opposing sex. David Fincher, the director of Fight Club, illustrates the need of a stable childhood coupled with the presence of a male figure in order to develop individuality in a male adult member of a modern society. The story is based on a man who has an ordinary desk-job as a recall coordinator. He originates from a broken home without a father and lives in a condominium...