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Women tend to have a female best friend, while men tend to form groups of friends.

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Why is it important?

This is the first cross cultural study that shows that men and women form close friendships differently. This suggests that some of the friendship formation behaviour is inherited and shared by all people.

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This page is a summary of: Women Favour Dyadic Relationships, but Men Prefer Clubs: Cross-Cultural Evidence from Social Networking, PLoS ONE, March 2015, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118329.
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