What Happens Next: A Gallimaufry

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allidoisreview-deactivated20120 asked: While sexism does play a major role, the problem of the friend zone ultimately starts with a messed up conception of friendship as a whole. When a man is in the “friend zone,” he hasn't actually been acting like a friend, he’s been acting like a weird clingy servant. Real friends, friends who imagine one another complexly, end up hooking up all the time. Just like you can't put kindness tokens in women and expect sex, you also can't just stuff kindness tokens into anyone and call it friendship.

Agreed. But sexism definitely compounds the problem.

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