Some challenges one can face are "jealousy plagues many rational people when a significant other befriends someone of the opposite sex." Other challenges are, "defining the friendship, dealing with sexual attraction, seeing each other as equals, facing people's responses to the relationship, and meeting in the first place." You must overcome all of these challenges before you can have a true cross-sex friendship.
MALE-FEMALE FRIENDSHIPS are necessary because both sexes must learn to communicate and understand the other. This type of friendship is also necessary because men confide in women things they normally wouldn't in their male friends, and women look for insight on how men really think. Overall, Chatterjee comes to the conclusion that men and women can in fact be friends, but there are many challenges you must overcome before you can have a cross-sex friendship.
Question: What do you think? Can men and women truly be equal friends? Why or why not?
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