Why people think that males and females can just be friends? Do people treat them differently?
In our interviews, since most people answered that they believe males and females can just be friends, we continued asking why they think so. The answers that we got are still pretty similar: most of them stated that it is based on their personal experience, for example, “I personally have a lot of male and female friends.” According to them, it is “natural” for men and women to just be friends. Both our male and female participants stated that the duration of the relationship plays a big role, also how close the relationship is. Some mentioned that the first impression they have about another person is very important, if they do not feel that attraction at the beginning, it is less likely that they would develop a romantic relationship in the future. Few even said that the longer they know their friends(of the opposite sex), the less likely they would end up as a couple.
Moreover, when being asked whether they treat their male and female friends differently or not, although a few said yes since men and women are different in nature, most people answered that there is not much difference. The most important factor that affects the way they treat their friends is the duration and closeness of the relationship instead of gender. Not many interviewees said that there is sex tension that is hard to get past in cross-sex relationships.
From these results, we can see that how people’s reaction to this question differ from what we saw in the video, which is also the common perception of cross-sex friendship of the majority.
- Jiujiu Dai
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