Friends with Benefits, but without the Sex: Straight Women and Gay Men Exchange Trustworthy Mating Advice

Although research has made progress in elucidating the benefits exchanged within same- and opposite-sex friendships formed between heterosexual men and women, it is less clear why straight women and gay men form close relationships with one another. The current experiments begin to address this ques...

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Main Authors: Eric M. Russell, Danielle J. DelPriore, Max E. Butterfield, Sarah E. Hill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491301100113