Can Men and Women Be Friends?

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A lot of people say that if you fancy the other person, it's not possible to be friends with them. But one of my favorite studies was this one from America where basically the researchers were shocked by their own findings. They spoke to a number of different male female best friends who had slept together in college. For a lot of people they spoke to, the sex actually improved the friendship after. Platonic friendship is an active rebellion between two beautiful people who don't need an evolutionary reason to hang out.

On this episode, we welcome journalist Kate Leaver to talk about her new book The Friendship Cure in which she explores the crippling, damaging, life-threatening impact of loneliness and the severe mental health impacts of living a life disconnected from a support network of close contacts. But...there is a cure...learning how to connect with others and curate better friendships.

In the interview we talk about loneliness, how to make friends, the difference between male and female friendship, platonic friendships, friends with benefits and lots, lots, more.

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