‘What happens if these bromantic relationships really take off… Women actually just become the sexual fulfillers of men and nothing else. That’s the worrying aspect’
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The rise of the intimate “bromance” as a new form of friendship has liberated young men from the stifling bigotries of homophobia, but it imperils young women who are increasingly regarded as little more than targets of sexual attraction, according to new sociological research.
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The bromance may not be the progressive expression of enlightened masculinity, as it is sometimes described and portrayed in movies, said Adam White of the University of Bedfordshire in Britain.
Rather, it may be a regressive development, with especially worrying results for women. His research, based on interviews with male undergraduate students, concluded that men saw their female romantic partners as judgmental, and as “the primary regulators of their behaviour.” This led to a generalized disdain for women, and a view of romance in which men feel they are “constantly posturing and self-monitoring, not only to achieve desired heterosexual sex, but to prevent relationship destruction.”
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A key theme of the bromance, on the other hand, was the freedom to express themselves without judgment, and to engage in emotional intimacy without fear.
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The rise of the bromance “is very, very good for men,” White said. It offers young men the opportunity for, as the research found, “elevated emotional stability, enhanced emotional disclosure, social fulfilment and better conflict resolution, compared to the emotional lives they shared with girlfriends.”
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“But it’s not necessarily benefiting women, and in fact it may well be disadvantaging them,” White said.
The new paper, in the journal Men and Masculinities, even suggests the bromance could become a widely accepted domestic arrangement. With sex so freely available without emotional attachments, through social media for example, and because bromances occupy such a privileged spot in young men’s lives, “the bromance could increasingly become recognized as a genuine lifestyle relationship; whereby two heterosexual men can live together and experience all the benefits of a traditional heterosexual relationship,” according to co-authors White, Stefan Robinson and Eric Anderson, of the universities of Winchester and Bedfordshire in the U.K.
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“What happens in 50 years, say, if these bromantic relationships really take off and men decide, ‘Hang on, we really enjoy these. These are much better. We can gain more emotionality from it. We’re less regulated, we’re less policed,’” White said. “And therefore women actually just become the sexual fulfillers of men and nothing else. That’s the worrying aspect.”
The key historical context of the bromance is the recent decline in homophobia, the paper argues. “We contend that the male preference for emotionality between other men, rather than women, has come about due to a significant cultural shift in the structure of masculinity,” reads the paper.
It's like having a girlfriend, but then not a girlfriend
The paper notes that in the late 19th and early 20th century, men posed for photographs together in physically intimate ways, wrote “endearing” letters to each other, and even slept in the same beds in non-sexual contexts.
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But the increasing social visibility of homosexuality let to a climate of hysteria and stigma. “To prove that we were not gay, we acted hyper masculine,” White said.
As a result, men began to distance themselves from each other emotionally. The paper quotes one scholar to the effect that men “have not known what it means to love and care for a friend without the shadow of some guilt and fear of peer ridicule.”
Women’s behaviour has also been socially policed and restricted, but women are traditionally freer to express a wider range of emotional behaviour, and they maintain friendships through “sharing emotions and disclosing secrets.”
But men shared almost nothing of their emotional life, and only knew they were friends if they participated in activities together, “like playing sports, drinking, fixing things, or gambling,” the paper argues.
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“As times have changed, and we’ve seen homophobia decrease, and homosexuality become a more accepted notion within society, what we’ve noticed is people no longer need to do that,” Adam White said. “People no longer care about being thought gay, and therefore they can behave in a number of different ways… All sorts of things are now open up for men without them being thought to be a ’sissy’ or a ‘fag’ because nobody cares.”
It was in this modern climate that the “bromance” emerged, first as a movie genre, a mix of the buddy movie and the romantic comedy. Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, James Franco, and Michael Cera have all famously played the part.
“The cultural adoption of the bromance term represents an increased recognition that young men are permitted to have more diverse and homosocial masculine identities,” the paper reads.
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Today, as White describes it, university residences are full of young men cuddling and expressing emotional intimacies. “Everybody’s doing it, and there’s not even a consideration that they might be gay,” he said.
The research was based on 30 interviews about the romantic and “bromantic” lives of male undergrads, each of whom had at least one bromance and one romance in the past year.
“We are basically like a couple,” one said of his male friend. “We get called like husband and wife all the time.”
“It’s like having a girlfriend, but then not a girlfriend,” said another.
“Beyond the need for sex, we found that for this cohort of men, bromances performed a very similar, and often superior function to romances,” it concluded.
• Email: jbrean@nationalpost.com What's So Great About Bromance?
The term bromance is used so much lately that in order to define bromance now we have to broaden the meaning. In the beginning, a bromance was defined as a healthy, secure friendship between two heterosexual guys. The men were usually single, although many times a bromance continued even when one of the guys was in a relationship.
This definition has changed to include any two guys in a close friendship regardless of their sexual orientation. A bromance might start with an admiration of something that the other man does, like his ability to shoot hoops, talk to women, or succeed in business. The men enjoy hanging out with each other so much that it becomes a (nonsexual) infatuation.
The media often uses the word bromance to describe two men who just met who get along. For instance, in March 2016 when President Obama talked with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the White House, media headlines everywhere declared the two were in a bromance. Celebrities like Justin Timberlake, Andy Cohen, and Will Ferrel are also said to be in a bromance with their close, male friends.
What a Bromance Really Is
The origins of the word come from a combination of "bros" (male friends or brothers) and romance. Ideally, a bromance only happens when two guys meet and just get along so great they develop this instant, platonic love for each other. The common line you hear with a bromance? I love you, man!
Bromances are also called "man crushes" because of the level of affection the guys feel for each other. Sometimes the men enjoy spending time together so much that they prefer to hang out with their "man crush" more than their significant other. The other key? The guys involved in a bromance are so happy to be friends they don't care about getting teased. They're in love with their friendship.
Celebrate It
What kind of activities do you participate in if you're in a bromance? Generally, "bromantic" activities exclude the gals in your life and focus on things guys like to do, such as attend a sporting event, have a few beers, play some hoops, or the like. The type of activity really doesn't matter because the point of these relationships is that the time spent together is what is most enjoyable.
The 2009 movie I Love You, Man poked fun at the idea of finding a male best friend to stand up in a wedding. The line came from a series of Budweiser commercials in 1995 that showed a guy angling to get someone's beer. He would dramatically cry, "I love you, man" as a ruse to get the drink, but the line stuck in society and helped usher in the "bromance" movement.
In the television world, perhaps there is no greater bromance than that between J.D. and Turk on Scrubs. J.D. is a sensitive doctor completely in touch with his feelings. He's not afraid of showing his best pal Turk how much he loves him. In one episode, they sing, "Guy love. That’s all it is."
Perhaps the best thing about a bromance is that the men involved tend to be very secure with themselves, and in touch with their emotions. This helps them have more complete friendships with other guys, and also helps them relate to the women in their life.
If Your Guy Is in a Bromance
If your man is in a bromance, be happy for him. Your man's bromance may actually help him identify and discuss feelings with you more frequently than he would otherwise. Bromances are completely nonsexual and platonic, so it doesn't have to come between your romance.
Your man will probably need some time to be with his friend occasionally, which will give you time to hang out with your friends. Don't feel hurt if he and his friend want a night without you. His friendship will help him to maintain a healthy life balance.
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'Bromances' satisfy men more than romantic relationships, study suggests
We swear Turk and J.D. from the medical comedy "Scrubs" didn't write this study.
Young, heterosexual men draw more emotional satisfaction from their close male friends, or "bromances," than romantic relationships with females, according to a new study published in the journal "Men and Masculinities."
Researchers from the University of Winchester in England said "the increasingly intimate, emotive and trusting nature of bromances offers young men a new social space for emotional disclosure, outside of traditional heterosexual relationships."
Granted, the study only looked at data from 30 undergraduate men. Time pointed out that all were straight and had a sports-related major and that only one was not white.
Twenty-nine of the 30 reported cuddling with their bromantic partners. Overall, participants said they feel less judged by a bromance than by girlfriends.
“Tim knows I love listening to Taylor Swift and Beyonce, but I keep that quiet (around my girlfriend) because she would judge me. I feel like I have to be more manly around her," one participant reported.
It's not all sunshine and rainbows for the bromance, though. The study's authors described some concern that bromances can lead to men demonstrating an us vs. them mentality "that suggested allegiance to their 'bros' over their romantic partners."
Read more about the study here and from Time magazine.
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Bromance
Close but non-sexual relationship between two or more men
For other uses, see Bromance (disambiguation).
A bromance is a very close and non-sexual relationship between two or more men. It is an exceptionally tight, affectional, homosocialmale bonding relationship exceeding that of usual friendship,[2][3] and is distinguished from normal friendship by a particularly high level of emotional intimacy.[4][5] The emergence of the concept since the beginning of the 21st century has been seen as reflecting a change in societal perception and interest in the theme,[4][2][3] with an increasing openness of Western society in the 21st century to reconsider gender, sexuality, and exclusivity constraints.[6]
Etymology[edit]
Bromance is a portmanteau of bro (or brother) and romance. Dave Carnie is credited with coining the term as editor of the skateboard magazine Big Brother in the 1990s to refer specifically to the sort of relationships that develop between skaters who spent a great deal of time together.[4][7] The term did not attain broad currency until approximately 2005[4] when the theme became more prominent in the motion picture industry.[4][5]
Characteristics[edit]
Bromance has been examined from viewpoints such as historiography, discourse analysis, social research, and queer theory in book-length reviews.[4][8] The emergence of bromance as a topic over the past decade has been seen as reflecting how society has collectively changed its perception and interest in the theme.[4][2][3][5][8]
Several characteristics of bromance have been cited:
According to Chen, society has taken a collective interest in reexamination of some of the traditional constraints on male friendship, and in potentially reshaping the constructs of gender, sexuality, and intimacy.[6] Bromance provides "a case study of gender, sexuality, and exclusivity constraints in twenty-first century America as they operate in law and beyond. Those constraints in turn speak to the privilege and subordination imbued in this type of relationship, with implications for other types as well."[6] This is distinct from the connotations of romantic friendship, a term of 20th century historical scholarship that retrospectively described close homosocial relationships, which had become less common after potential physical intimacy between non-sexual partners came to be regarded with anxiety in the second half of the 19th century.[12]
On the one hand, social interest in the theme has been seen as driving the film industry, which has then fed back to society at large, exploring peoples' mindsets and addressing acceptance of "other types of relationships" between people.[13] On the other hand, some have seen the emphasis on platonic love as a rejection of homoeroticism, or as a deliberate confounding of homosocial and homoerotic relationships.[14]
Bromance has also been seen as a reflection of greater "discursive expressivity".[4] The experiences of friendship and masculinity, perhaps due to more open parenting styles from the 1970s, reflect a trend toward more openness emotionally, with increased expressivity.[2][8][15][16] According to sociologist Peter Nardi, "men are less afraid of being perceived as gay. It has become more acceptable for them to show some emotion."[17] Men are marrying later, if at all, which impacts male bonding.[17][18] According to the 2010 US Census, the average age of a man's first marriage is 28, up from 23 in 1960; men with more education are waiting until their 30s before getting married.
Celebrity[edit]
A number of celebrity relationships have been popularly characterised as "bromances". Although bromance is a new term, this treatment of celebrity relationships is not new: The composer Franz Schubert had a very close friendship with poet Franz von Schober, whose texts Schubert set to music. They were nicknamed "Schobert" in early 19th century Vienna.
Film celebrities[edit]
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis as the 1946-1956 ‘rock star’ comedy team Martin and Lewis set a new standard for a complex, multifaceted enactment of a ‘special’ male friendship." Coming post-war, "the comedy of Martin and Lewis teased with a sly alternative to the model of heterosexual affirmation traditionally peddled by Hollywood, as their intense and unstable relationship showcased a panoply of emotional and erotic intensities between men. The cultural resonance of Martin and Lewis's comedy derived from the way it set in motion a more complex ‘queering of gender.’"[19] They starred in 16 films together as an inseparable unit, as well as on early live television and in nightclubs. They had an immeasurable effect on millions of baby boomers and future comedians, (including George Clooney, whose aunt Rosemary Clooney was a guest on their show).
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were described as "perhaps the pioneering bromance in showbiz history",[20] which led to an off-Broadway play called Matt and Ben.[21] The relationship between Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine, stars of the 2009 Star Trek film, has been described similarly, in common with their on-screen characters' relationship.[22]
The close friendship between George Clooney and Brad Pitt was once suggested to be "George's longest-lasting affair".[23] Clooney's bromantic tendencies served as the basis for an episode of the animated series American Dad! entitled "Tears of a Clooney", in which lead character Stan Smith becomes bromantically involved with Clooney as part of an elaborate revenge plot.
Athletes[edit]
Professional footballersEric Dier and Dele Alli, who play together for both Tottenham Hotspur and the English national team, have a close relationship that has been described as a bromance.[24]
During the 2016 Olympic100m finals, the friendship between Jamaican Usain Bolt and Canadian Andre De Grasse emerged, characterized and celebrated on social media as a bromance.[25]
Bodybuilders Arnold Schwarzenegger and Franco Columbu, had a close relationship described by themselves as bromance, since 1965. Arnold and Franco were inseparable friends and training partners since then. They began a bricklaying and patio business called European Brick Works in 1969.[26]
Between band members[edit]
The tight relationship both on- and off-stage between Bruce Springsteen and the late E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons has often been described[27][28][29] as one of the most fitting examples of bromance in Western modern music. This relationship is most notably depicted in Springsteen's song "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out", from Born to Run – in which Springsteen and Clemons appear respectively under their pseudonyms Bad Scooter and Big Man. It was also described in Clemons' autobiography Big Man: Real Life & Tall Tales.[30]
The Japanese and Korean music industry actively encourages bromance among male celebrities (particularly members of boy bands) as part of the fan service to please the audience.[31][32]
Gay-straight celebrity relationships[edit]
While the term has generally been applied to straight relationships, mixed gay-straight relationships without sexual intimacy have also been dubbed "bromances". Examples of well-known gay-straight bromances include George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley from the band Wham!, Ronnie Kroell and Ben DiChiara from the Bravo reality series Make Me a Supermodel, in which the pair was nicknamed "Bronnie",[33] the relationship on Survivor: Gabon between Charlie Herschel and Marcus Lehman,[34] and American Idol's Kris Allen and Adam Lambert, which was given the name "Kradam".[35]
Cultural references[edit]
Film[edit]
Buddy films have to a degree been rebranded as bromance films, although critics draw a distinction between the two, noting that a buddy film tends to be more explicitly violent and less open about its latent homosexual content.[4][36] The intersection between buddy films and what would come to be called the bromance film was noted comedically at least as early as 1978, when National Lampoon ran a parody ad for the football-themed buddy film Semi-Tough, renamed "Semi-Sweet" and featuring an illustration of stars Burt Reynolds and Kris Kristofferson holding hands.[37]
Prominent examples of bromantic comedy include Judd Apatow's The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) and Knocked Up (2007), as well as Greg Mottola's Superbad (2007), which targeted non-sexual homosocial behavior and masculinity in inventive ways.[38]Zoolander (2001),[39]Wedding Crashers (2005),[5]Funny People (2009),[40]John Hamburg's I Love You Man (2009),[13]The Hangover (2009),[40] and Horrible Bosses (2011)[40] are other examples.
Although J. R. R. Tolkien's novels predate the "bromance era",[citation needed] the portrayal of the lifelong close relationships between Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee, Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took, and Gimli and Legolas in the novels have been characterized as bromance, as well as the depictions in the films based on them.[41]
The theme remains popular, with different genres looking at the concept in various ways, such as the documentary Best of Enemies – about the 1960s feud between intellectuals Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley.[42]
Television[edit]
Bromance on television has also become more commonplace. It appeared early-on in the partnership of two CIA/KGB spies in the 1960s' Man from U.N.C.L.E.,[43] and in the 1970s' buddy-cop show Starsky & Hutch, which producer Aaron Spelling called "TV's first heterosexual love affair".[44] Some critics also point to the 1970s' Odd Couple,[45] about which executive producer Garry Marshall has said, "The network was concerned that we were being too gay."[46]
In October 2008, TV Guide placed Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) and James Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard) on the cover, under the headline "Isn't It Bromantic?".[47]
Brody Jenner, featured on MTV's reality show The Hills and the subject of bromance discussions for his relationships with castmates Justin Bobby and Spencer Pratt, debuted his own series on the network, called Bromance, on December 29, 2008. The six-episode series features Jenner selecting from amongst competitors to become part of Jenner's "entourage".[48]
In Scrubs, J.D. is a sensitive doctor "completely in touch with his feelings. He's not afraid of showing his best pal Turk how much he loves him."[49] In one episode, they sing, "Guy love. That's all it is."[49]The Good Guys "promotes male bonding while self-consciously acknowledging its homoerotic overtones."[50]The Independent analyzed the BBC's Sherlock as a bromance, and looked at bromance thematically.[3] The relationship between Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as a bromance has been visited elsewhere also.[51][52]
British television presenters and producers Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are known for their unbreakable friendship on-screen and off-screen.[53]
Other[edit]
The cultural concept that bromance connotes particular closeness has been taken up thematically. The concept has been visited in biology,[54][55][56] as well as an experimental acrobatic video dance piece, Bromance, which explores "... the intimacy of physical interaction between guys; of their ‘bromance’."[57]
The relationship between George W. Bush and former press secretary Scott McClellan as told in McClellan's book What Happened was called by one reviewer "the tale of one long, failed bromance".[58]
In 2012, the song "Bromance" by comedian, YouTube personality, and actor Ryan Higa (also known by his YouTube username "nigahiga"), went viral.[59] Before that a song by Tim Berg called "Seek Bromance" attained success.[60]
The former premiers Dalton McGuinty of Ontario (2003–2013) and Jean Charest of Quebec (2003–2012) were described as in a "burgeoning bromance".[61][62]Stephen Harper of Canada (2006–2015) and Tony Abbott of Australia (2013–2015), and their respective countries, were characterized as having a "conservative bromance".[11][63][64] The term has been used to describe Narendra Modi from India and Barack Obama from the United States during the January 2015 visit,[65][66][67] and Vladimir Putin from the Russian Federation with Gerhard Schröder from Germany.[68]
In early 2017, a number of internet memes surfaced which alluded to Obama's relationship with Vice President Joe Biden as a "bromance".[69]
A bromance has been linked with a decrease in "problems such as anxiety, depression, heart disease, and memory and concentration impairment".[70]
See also[edit]
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Men Are More Satisfied By ‘Bromances’ Than Their Romantic Relationships, Study Says
Young men get more emotional satisfaction out of “bromances”—close, heterosexual friendships with other males—than they do out of romantic relationships with women, according to a small new study published in Men and Masculinities.
Intimate male friendships have become more socially acceptable in recent years, say the study authors, and that’s largely a good thing. But they caution that the shift could lead to weaker bonds among dating or married couples, or even reduce the likelihood of men and women pairing up at all.
The concept of the bromance isn’t new. George Washington wrote endearing letters to other men, the study authors note, and Abraham Lincoln shared a bed with a male friend for several years. But close male companionship became more taboo in the second half of the 20th century, say researchers from the University of Winchester in England, due to a rise in homophobic sentiments and changing ideals of what masculinity should look like.
In recent years, though, bromances have become cool again, the authors say—thanks in part to high-profile celebrity examples (like the Obama-Biden bromance) and movies like The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
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The authors found that every one of them reported having at least one “bromantic” friend—with whom they engaged in “no-boundaries” behaviors like sharing secrets, expressing love or sleeping in the same bed—at some time or another. 29 out of 30 men said they had cuddled with their bromantic partner.
These findings may not apply to men beyond this very specific population, and more research is needed. The authors published their initial findings in May, in the journal Sex Roles. In their new analysis, they identify and explore the differences between those men’s bromances and their actual romances.
Overall, the students reported feeling less judged by their close male friends than by their girlfriends. In the words of one participant, “Tim knows I love listening to Taylor Swift and Beyonce, but I keep that quiet [around my girlfriend] because she would judge me. I feel like I have to be more manly around her.”
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Men in the study also said it was easier to overcome conflicts and share their emotions—like when a grandparent dies—with their guy friends, and to discuss sensitive health information. 28 out of 30 said they would prefer to discuss personal matters with a bromance than a romance. “If I found a lump on my testicle, I’d talk to [my bromance] rather than my girlfriend,” one interviewee said.
When asked to describe the difference between a bromance and a romance, one man noted that there are three factors to consider: sexual attraction, emotional connection, and personality. “A bromance needs the last two,” he noted, while a romance needs two, including sex.
“There was a conclusive determination from the men we interviewed,” the study authors wrote. “On balance, they argued that bromantic relationships were more satisfying in their emotional intimacy, compared to their heterosexual romances.”
The fact that men are finally comfortable getting close with one another is a progressive step forward, say the authors, and they suggest that men may benefit greatly from long-term, same-sex friendships—especially if they’re not comfortable being emotionally intimate with women.
But they also express concern about traditional male-female relationships, writing that “the rise of the bromances may not altogether be liberating and socially positive for women.” Men in the study sometimes referred to their girlfriends using sexist or disdainful language, they wrote, and demonstrated an “us and them” mentality that suggested allegiance to their “bros” over their romantic partners.
The authors even suggest that these changing cultural norms could even have implications for where and how men choose to live—opting to move in with a male roommate rather than a girlfriend, for example, thus delaying or disrupting relationships that could eventually lead to marriage and starting a family. “Lovers are temporary,” one study participant said during his interview. “A bromance can last a lifetime.”
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When it comes to bromances, there are some relationships so epic and heartwarming you can't help but feel the love - even from a distance. Some notable and very public bromances can be seen with Joe Biden & Barack Obama, Kj Apa & Cole Sprouse (better known as Riverdales' Archie and Jughead), and who could forget Matt Damon & Ben Affleck.
Well according to new sociological research, the modern bromance -while actually a really progressive and positive thing for men, can be terrible for their romantic relationships.
Studies found that strong male friendships allow guys the freedom to express themselves without judgment, and to engage in emotional intimacy without fear. An emotional freedom and honestly that they guys aren't often able to have with their significant others.
Adam White, a lecturer at the University of Bedfordshire in Britain and the co-author of a recently published article in the academic journal Men and Masculinity on bromances is tackling the issues surrounding close male friendships and romantic relationships. He explains that the modern day bromance “is very, very good for men... [but it's] not necessarily benefiting women, and in fact it may well be disadvantaging them”.
His paper found that, “beyond the need for sex... for [the] cohort of men [studied], bromances performed a very similar, and often superior function to romances”.
So other than your guy wanting to spend more time with their bros than you, what could the big deal be? Well, White's worry is that these close male relationships could eventually replace modern relationships entirely.
“What happens in 50 years, say, if these bromantic relationships really take off and men decide, ‘Hang on, we really enjoy these. These are much better. We can gain more emotionality from it. We’re less regulated, we’re less policed,’” White said. “And therefore women actually just become the sexual fulfillers of men and nothing else. That’s the worrying aspect.”
While we're not entirely convinced that modern day relationships will suddenly be replaced by bromances and side chicks - it's definitely something to add to the never ending list of dating woes.
Source: National Post
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