Anonymous #1 7w

there is nothing stopping men from doing the same. not to mention, are bisexual men expected to have 0 friends?

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Anonymous #2 7w

oh i’m not a “men and women can’t be friends person” obviously people can be friends with the gender their attracted to i’m just sayin men are weirdos that don’t know how to be normal more often than women

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Anonymous #1 6w

this is bioessentialism and very untrue. people only believe in this because of people like you who believe men and women have inherently different mindsets. men are just as capable, society just tells them they’re not.

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Anonymous #2 6w

it’s not bioessentialist to notice the majority of time it’s men confessing to their female friends. it’s not bioessentialist to notice who can handle platonic affection and who can’t. if men are just as capable, maybe they should prove that by putting in the work to unlearn whatever society is telling them

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Anonymous #2 6w

mm no because i never said it’s inherent i just said men more often mistake platonic relationships for romance than women do

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Anonymous OP 6w

it is bioessentialist to assume men are inherently incapable of acting normal. they ARE capable of being friends with women and not confessing but they are conditioned to want more. continuing to say otherwise only harms women. pointing out that it’s common among men to do this because of how society conditions them is a much more productive conversation.

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Anonymous #1 6w

fair. i still think it’s because of what men are told to look for in their relationships with people vs women. we’re all conditioned pretty young to believe that girls are allowed more intimate relationships with friends without romance whereas boys are supposed to have more superficial relationships. i think that leads a lot of men to not understand that relationships can be intimate without being romantic etc.

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