<story><title>Sex Differences in Friendship Preferences</title><url>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S109051382100074X</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kccqzy</author><text>&amp;gt; we find that men, compared to women, more highly value same-sex friends who are physically formidable, possess high status, possess wealth, and afford access to potential mates. In contrast, women, compared to men, more highly value friends who provide emotional support, intimacy, and useful social information.&lt;p&gt;This is exactly my experience here. This is the reason why as a man, I instinctively find female friends more trustworthy. When I experience a problem in life, female friends help me a lot more than my male friends do.&lt;p&gt;The retention rate is also different. A lot more of the female friends I made earlier in my life remained as friends than male friends I made.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>openknot</author><text>&amp;gt;A lot more of the female friends I made earlier in my life remained as friends than male friends I made.&lt;p&gt;Most of the people I bet I could rely on happen to be women (met in writing&amp;#x2F;graphic design groups at university), but I wonder if these will last as I get older and people get into relationships.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s less easy to hang out with a woman one-on-one without it seeming like a date (for a man who is heterosexual). It can also cause jealousy on either side to stay close after pairing up with a romantic partner.&lt;p&gt;I suppose it depends on how one defines a &amp;quot;friend&amp;quot; based on closeness. It&amp;#x27;s likely I&amp;#x27;ll keep in touch and maintain a friendly relationship with these people as we all grow older (as acquaintance-friends), though I doubt I&amp;#x27;ll ever reach the level of &amp;quot;close friends,&amp;quot; for any woman besides a romantic partner.</text></comment>
<story><title>Sex Differences in Friendship Preferences</title><url>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S109051382100074X</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kccqzy</author><text>&amp;gt; we find that men, compared to women, more highly value same-sex friends who are physically formidable, possess high status, possess wealth, and afford access to potential mates. In contrast, women, compared to men, more highly value friends who provide emotional support, intimacy, and useful social information.&lt;p&gt;This is exactly my experience here. This is the reason why as a man, I instinctively find female friends more trustworthy. When I experience a problem in life, female friends help me a lot more than my male friends do.&lt;p&gt;The retention rate is also different. A lot more of the female friends I made earlier in my life remained as friends than male friends I made.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>djxfade</author><text>Maybe I&amp;#x27;m the odd one out, but I&amp;#x27;m a male, and my male friendships are closer to the female ones. Me and my best friend are very close.</text></comment>