So what *are* we, anyway?

[rustedone]

Just a random thought the other day: we all know what people who are aroused by domination or submission are called, we know what someone who is aroused by children is called (other than 'Sick Fuck', I mean), we know the terms for people who love to show off during sex or who just prefer to watch...

...so what do we call people who are turned on by physical combat?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_paraphilias is of no help, nor is Google. Anyone have any idea what the official, Latin term for fight fetishists is?

[ilovebeer]

We are ...... AWESOME.

[TheWatchman504]

We are normal people who like watching beautiful women fight I don't think there is no real difference between us and people who like boxing matches, except that the cat fights are more exciting.

[rustedone]

We are normal people who like watching beautiful women fight I don't think there is no real difference between us and people who like boxing matches, except that the cat fights are more exciting.

Most boxing or MMA fans don't have their hand down their trousers when they watch a fight, man. Face it, what this is is a fetish. Mercifully, it's a relatively tame fetish and not nearly fucked up as, say, vore, but the fact remains that we find female fighting "more exciting" because we're aroused by it.

[academybruce]

One of the entries from Dictionary.com

fet·ish also fet·ich    (fět'ĭsh, fē'tĭsh)   
n. 

   1. An object that is believed to have magical or spiritual powers, especially such an object associated with animistic or shamanistic religious practices.
   2. An object of unreasonably excessive attention or reverence: made a fetish of punctuality.
   3. Something, such as a material object or a nonsexual part of the body, that arouses sexual desire and may become necessary for sexual gratification.
   4. An abnormally obsessive preoccupation or attachment; a fixation.

[cffanm49]

I've always wanted to find psychological info on this and never have.

The best I can come up with is that we're a subset of S&M.

          I can't argue that, there are a lot of people here who go for humiliation after defeat. But not all, some of us just want to see a clear winner, not necessarily being bloodied in the process.