Quote Originally Posted by Thorne View Post
Let's not get pedantic, Duncan. The OP is about men and women being friends. Unless specifically stated otherwise, all comments and questions should be assumed to relate to that point, don't you think?
This started with a question about men and women being friend. I.e cross gender friendship, which implies same gender friendships are easy and accepted.
That is probably what engender the question. Since the assumption that men can be friends and women can be friends is explicit in the question asked.