Fact or Fiction: The Platonic Male/Female Friendship

Does this relationship exist? If we look to Hollywood for answers, then the answer has to be a resounding no. Harry fucked Sally, Ross took Rachel's temperature, and I assume Patrick Dempsey did something he found disgusting to his female BFF in Made of Honor (the author had to quit watching when Dempsey described a restaurant as that "trendy place" and meant that as a compliment.) Hollywood finds a man's friendship with Big Foot more plausible than the male/female friendship. Is this really true? Are single men and women incapable of achieving the type of relationship that friendship icons Mase and Puffy shoulder shook their way to in mid 90's?

The answer is Hollywood might have this one right, but for the wrong reasons. Contrary to what Hollywood would have you believe, two attractive singles can laugh and have fun while mutually keeping it on the platonic level. Instead its our society that won't allow men to have strong friendships with women. For example, if a man becomes friends with a woman of equal or more attractive points, everyone whispers he is just waiting in the wings for her to slip up. No one wants to be THAT guy. And in the exact opposite scenario, a guy can't be friends with a fug because no matter what pretty girls say....they'll judge you and write you off as a fug fucker.

Even if that isn't true (it is), the dynamics of male friendships will absolutely forbid a strong and lasting friendship between a single male and female. You see male friendships aren't so much a relationship as they are a competition. Who can drink the most the quickest? Who can say the most disgusting thing at the wrong moment? These are the questions that male friendships are built on. And women smartly don't play that game.