According to an October 2012 Scientific American article, "Men and Women Can't Be 'Just Friends'," a new scientific study suggests that there may be truth to that possibility. Daily experience suggests that non-romantic friendships between males and females are not only possible, but common. Researches asked women and men "friends" what they really thing—and got very different answers. |
It is this that has led researches to conclude "that men, relative to women, have a particularly hard time being 'just friends'." "This is not just a bit of confirmation for stereotypes about sex-hungry males and naïve females; it is direct proof that two people can experience the exact same relationship in radically different ways."
So, can men and women be "just friends?" If we all thought like women, almost certainly. But if we all thought like men, we’d probably be facing a serious overpopulation crisis.