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- Men Have No Friends and Women Bear the Burden https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a27259689/toxic-masculinity-male-friendships-emotional-labor-men-rely-on-women/ 3 comments
- Men and women can't be just friends https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/men-and-women-cant-be-just-friends/ 38 comments
- Men and women can't just be friends? http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=men-and-women-cant-be-just-friends 12 comments science
- Can Men And Women Be Friends? http://passion101.com/blog/2011/03/can-men-and-women-be-friends/ 3 comments reddit.com
- Can Men and Women Be Friends? http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/index.php?term=pto-20010901-000031&print=1 12 comments reddit.com
- Women are more likely than men to say they have a best friend https://www.psychnewsdaily.com/women-are-more-likely-than-men-to-say-they-have-a-best-friend/ 16 comments science
- Remember when men and women could be friends? Republicans don't https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/06/male-female-friendships-mike-pence-republicans?cmp=oth_b-aplnews_d-1 6 comments politics
- It's impossible for men and women to be just friends, science says http://www.wral.com/it-s-impossible-for-men-and-women-to-be-just-friends-science-says/16008356/ 60 comments nottheonion
- Would Indian women/South Asian women find Thai men/Southeast Asian men attractive, or at least be open to becoming friends with them? https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/9tpjr8/would_indian_womensouth_asian_women_find_thai/ 6 comments india
- England’s women sell more Wembley friendly tickets than men’s team http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/nov/01/england-women-sell-more-wembley-friendly-tickets-men?cmp=twt_gu 66 comments soccer
- Kamala Harris asked Brett Kavanaugh if men could be friends with some women — while hurting others https://www.vox.com/2018/9/27/17910850/kamala-harris-brett-kavanaugh-hearing 33 comments politics
- Japanese men and women 'giving up dating and marrying friends' | Only around 8.4 children were born for every 1,000 Japanese people over last five years http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/japanese-sex-problem-so-bad-people-giving-up-dating-a7458461.html 169 comments worldnews
- Study finds women are more jealous than men of their spouse's opposite-sex friend https://www.psypost.org/2022/05/study-finds-women-are-more-jealous-than-men-of-their-spouses-opposite-sex-friend-63150 1797 comments science
- Afghan men dress boys in women’s clothes and train them to sing and dance for the entertainment of themselves and their friends. The dancing boys are then used sexually in the tradition of “bacha bazi” (“boy play”). http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2010/04/islams-nancy-boys-redux.html 11 comments worldnews
- New research has found that women were more jealous at the prospective loss of a best friend than men and that men were more jealous at the prospective loss of an acquaintance than women https://www.psypost.org/2022/04/new-research-suggests-there-are-biological-sex-differences-in-friendship-jealousy-62961 8 comments science
- Trump's friend Nigel Farage defends "crass" remarks President has made about women: "Men say dreadful things sometimes' https://www.newsweek.com/nigel-farage-defends-crass-remarks-trump-women-1474973 11 comments worldnews
- Trump's Friend Nigel Farage Defends 'Crass' Remarks President Has Made About Women: 'Men Say Dreadful Things Sometimes' https://www.newsweek.com/nigel-farage-defends-crass-remarks-trump-women-1474973 29 comments politics
- German Dads Demand Family Time - Family friendly policies in German business have been targeted at women in the past, but the tables are turning. Men are demanding more flexible working conditions in order to balance work and family burdens, forcing big changes in corporate culture. http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/german-fathers-force-family-friendlier-corporate-cultures-a-941499.html 16 comments europe
- German Dads Demand Family Time - Family friendly policies in German business have been targeted at women in the past, but the tables are turning. Men are demanding more flexible working conditions in order to balance work and family burdens, forcing big changes in corporate culture. http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/german-fathers-force-family-friendlier-corporate-cultures-a-941499.html 252 comments worldnews
- [Daily Mail] Arsenal Women suffer an embarrassing 5-0 defeat by their boys' U15 side in behind closed doors friendly... but WSL champions Chelsea have no such issues with 4-3 victory against men's U18s to begin pre-season https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11160861/Arsenal-Women-suffer-5-0-defeat-boys-U15-closed-doors-friendly-London-Colney.html 20 comments soccer
- Study explains why you get friendzoned: both men and women assume their attraction level to the other is mutual, but men are significantly more likely to be attracted to female friends http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=men-and-women-cant-be-just-friends&print=true 5 comments science
- Women and men react differently to strain and stress, finds a new study during the first year of the pandemic. In men, anxiety increased along with concerns about their jobs (this did not show in women). Women’s anxiety increased with worries about family and friends (did not occur in men). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-38525-8 401 comments science
- I was having discussion with a friend and he said that given a chance most men will rape someone and men look at women in wrong way. I didn't agree to this. What do you guys think? https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/9lmyim/i_was_having_discussion_with_a_friend_and_he_said/ 81 comments india
- Study of 378 German women and 118 German men finds that people who don't have friends of the other sex are most typically motivated by sexual attraction to would-be friends of the other sex, and/or a fear of seeming gay. https://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-021-02315-0 40 comments science
- Male and female friendships are maintained by different psychological dynamics. More women reported having a best friend than did men. Men were also more likely to have a romantic partner but no best friend compared to women https://www.psypost.org/2021/04/male-and-female-friendships-are-maintained-by-different-psychological-dynamics-study-finds-60584 48 comments science
- Americans who admit to having extramarital sex most likely cheat with a close friend. The two researchers found that about 21 percent of men and 13 percent of women reported infidelity at some point in their lifetime https://www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2018/04/04/extramarital-sex-partners-likely-be-close-friends-and-men-are-more-apt-cheat 5 comments science
- In a national survey of ~8000 people, young adult men who had attempted suicide as a teenager were more likely to have poorer cardiovascular health. A similar but smaller effect was also seen among young adult women who had experienced a friend or family member's suicide attempt during adolescence. http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2016/06/suicide-heart-disease.aspx 7 comments science
- When Family-Friendly Policies Backfire: "Over the next decade, companies were 6 percent less likely to hire women of childbearing age compared with men, 37 percent less likely to promote them and 45 percent more likely to dismiss them" http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/26/upshot/when-family-friendly-policies-backfire.html 15 comments politics
- Roger Ebert's best review: "Young men: If you attend this crap with friends who admire it, tactfully inform them they are idiots. Young women: If your date likes this movie, tell him you've been thinking it over, and you think you should consider spending some time apart. " http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20110309/reviews/110309992 112 comments reddit.com
- Study uncovers new details on how friendship structures are linked to the marital quality of heterosexual couples: Having friends who are not in contact with one’s spouse and do not know each other tends to negatively affects marital quality for women, but not for men https://www.psypost.org/2023/01/study-uncovers-new-details-on-how-friendship-structures-are-linked-to-the-marital-quality-of-heterosexual-couples-64778 8 comments science
- Sex differences in friendship preferences: men value same-sex friends who are physically formidable, possess high status, possess wealth, and afford access to potential mates. In contrast, women value friends who provide emotional support, intimacy, and useful social information. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S109051382100074X 59 comments science
- Why Facebook is a lie: Even with 120 friends, Facebook’s in-house sociologist found that people only really interact with about seven people on average -- with 500 friends, you still only interact with a large handful: 17 for men, 26 for women http://trueslant.com/ryansager/2009/03/06/our-monkey-brain-status-update/ 4 comments technology