Tasha Cunningham Miami – Can Men and Women Be Just Friends?

Can a man and woman really be just friends? If you take out certain factors that are part of the defining dynamics of a male-female relationship, then perhaps it can be done. For instance, if a man is not sexually attracted to a woman, but views her as a sister, it can be done. Barring that, we don’t think a man and woman can be just friends. It simply can’t be done because of factors like lust. Other factors include jealousy, anger, distrust and fear will most certainly be present between the man and woman in the relationship and will slowly destroy it.

But many experts say it can be done. “The belief that men and women can’t be friends comes from another era in which women were at home and men were in the workplace, and the only way they could get together was for romance,” explains Linda Sapadin, Ph.D., a psychologist in private practice in Valley Stream, New York in an article in Psychology Today magazine. “Now they work together and have sports interests together and socialize together.” This cultural shift is encouraging psychologists, sociologists and communications experts to put forth a new message: Though it may be tricky, men and women can successfully become close friends, according to Psychology Today.