Why Straight Women and Gay Men Make the Bt of Friends | Psychology Today

Contents:

• WHY DO WOMEN PREFER GAY MEN AS FRIENDS?
• WHY STRAIGHT WOMEN AND GAY MEN MAKE THE BT OF FRIENDS
• MEN AND WOMEN AS FRIENDS – WHEN ONE IS GAY OR LBIAN
• WHY ARE STRAIGHT WOMEN AND GAY MEN SUCH GOOD IENDS? IT’S ALL ABOUT THE RELATNSHIP ADVICE: STUDY

WHY DO WOMEN PREFER GAY MEN AS FRIENDS?

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WHY STRAIGHT WOMEN AND GAY MEN MAKE THE BT OF FRIENDS

In other words, they examed how iendship velopment vari based on whether a straight woman is makg iends wh a gay man or a straight man. Past rearch has shown that straight women and gay men form close relatnships due to an apparent creased willgns to engage timate nversatns1.

Some have suggted that this may be bee straight men and women are perceived as havg ls mon wh each other pared to straight women and gay men2.

This explanatn, however, is based on the stereotypil assumptns about gay men and femy. Consequently, rearchers at the Universy of Texas explored an alternate potential explanatn: Straight women may velop iendships wh gay men more easily than they do wh straight men, bee when teractg wh gay men, the necsy of worryg about whether the potential iend will seek to ga sexual accs to them has been removed om the equatn3.

MEN AND WOMEN AS FRIENDS – WHEN ONE IS GAY OR LBIAN

Participants aga dited how fortable they thought they would be while ntug to teract wh the man after learng of his sexual inty (eher gay or straight).

WHY ARE STRAIGHT WOMEN AND GAY MEN SUCH GOOD IENDS? IT’S ALL ABOUT THE RELATNSHIP ADVICE: STUDY

As the rearchers had predicted, the rults monstrated that women anticipate beg more fortable teractg wh gay men vers straight men, largely due to the removal of ncerns related to the man’s sexual tentns.