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One in four straight men would like a gay best friend
In Parship’s survey of 1,300 British singles, nearly a third (29 per cent) of straight men said that they would like to expand their social network to include a platonic gay friend.
Twenty-five per cent would like to be friends with a gay man, and 32 per cent with a lesbian. At present only one in ten straight men can count a gay man or woman as a good friend.
However, heterosexual woman are twice more likely to have a gay best friend, and one in five women count a gay man in their inner circle of friends.
Part of the appeal may come from the number of well-known straight-gay friendships such as Little
Dr Nafsika Thalassis, psychologist Parship’s dating expert, commented:
’With so many gay and straight friendships now portrayed in the media the majority of straight men don’t feel threatened in the company of gay men and can see that genuine friendships are possible as well as rewarding.
‘Although this survey shows a positive shift in the attitudes of straight men, there is still a large proportion, 88 per cent, who do not count a gay man among their close friends, with 35 per cent of single men preferring to stick with a heterosexual framework.’
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