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#580 - Dr Tania Reynolds - What Use Are Female Friendships?
Modern Wisdom
Why Women Would Want Non-Kin Non-Partner Male Compatriots
Data suggests that what we might be doing when we form opposite sex friends is basically recruiting kind of like backup mates. It's possible also that maybe same or excuse me opposite sex friends might have served as protection perhaps if your mate were really aggressive. Men get so uncomfortable when their partner their female partner talks about that male friend that they've got at work. The failure of cross-sex mind reading the male over perception and the female under perception bias of attraction can cause friction in a relationship.
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