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| The '''Friend Zone''' is a ] concept found in many texts geared towards a male audience about "dating advice", or "seduction advice". It states that a woman, |
The '''Friend Zone''' is a ] concept found in many texts geared towards a male audience about "dating advice", or "seduction advice". It states that a woman, within the first several minutes of meeting a man, is open to having an ] with him until certain faults emerge in his personality. In that case, that man would be mentally categorized as a "friend" rather than a lover, i.e. put into the ''friend zone''. The key element is that, once there, it is almost impossible for a man to get out, that is, it is almost impossible for a woman to change her mind and become sexually attracted to that man. This is said to be very different from how a male's mind would work, and as a result leads to a string of false expectations on the part of the man. | ||
| Many dating seminars and texts focus on how to avoid the friend zone, advising immediate cessation of all contact once a man finds himself in the friend zone. It should be noted that this is often paired with a philosophy designed to help a man have sex with women, with a priority on constantly meeting new women. Its value for helping a man find a secure, ] is uncertain. | |||
| This is said to be very different from how a male's mind would work, and the assumption on the part of the male that the woman's mind would work the same as his, is cited as the overall problem causing agent in male dating. | |||
| Almost all these dating seminars and texts give advice as to how to avoid the friendzone, and advise immediate cessation of contact with a woman who seems to have put you in a friendzone. | |||
| It should be noted however, that this advice is part of an overall philosophy shared by this genre of "dating advice". The overall philosophy is designed to help a man have sex with women, with a priority on constantly meeting new women. It is often, though not always, less designed to help a man secure a single woman for a steady amount of sex, or to develop what a man might consider to be a "loving relationship". | |||
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The Friend Zone is a folk psychology concept found in many texts geared towards a male audience about "dating advice", or "seduction advice". It states that a woman, within the first several minutes of meeting a man, is open to having an intimate relationship with him until certain faults emerge in his personality. In that case, that man would be mentally categorized as a "friend" rather than a lover, i.e. put into the friend zone. The key element is that, once there, it is almost impossible for a man to get out, that is, it is almost impossible for a woman to change her mind and become sexually attracted to that man. This is said to be very different from how a male's mind would work, and as a result leads to a string of false expectations on the part of the man.
Many dating seminars and texts focus on how to avoid the friend zone, advising immediate cessation of all contact once a man finds himself in the friend zone. It should be noted that this is often paired with a philosophy designed to help a man have sex with women, with a priority on constantly meeting new women. Its value for helping a man find a secure, loving relationship is uncertain.
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