Why EVERY girl needs a gay best friend: Women 'place far more trust in relationship advice from gay men than their girlfriends'

• A new study shows straight women trust gay men more than others
• Girls worry that straight men - and other straight women - have an agenda
• Straight women and gay men aren't competing for the same mates
• Girls also don't have to watch out for gay men trying to sleep with them

These are the men who are there for you when you need them.

You trust them completely - and often turn to them for advice and comfort.

And the best part? They won’t try to sleep with you - or try to steal your man.

Straight women place far more trust in their gay friends than heterosexual men - or even their girlfriends - when it comes to advice about relationships.

And the explanation lies in the fact gay men have fewer ulterior motives, a new study revealed.

It suggests a straight man may be trying to lire a woman into bed.

And that straight women can be wary of turning to other straight women for dating advice, fearing they may be competition for the attention of the same men.

In contrast, a gay best friend is considered there to offer great advice and comfort – usually with no hidden agenda.

That’s why, University of Texas at Arlington researchers have concluded, friendships between gay men and straight women are so meaningful.

The paper’s lead author Eric Russell, a doctoral student at the University of Texas’s Department of Psychology, said: ‘This line of research provides novel experimental evidence that there is more to the gay male-straight female friendships than just what we see on TV.

'Certain social psychological processes are, indeed, driving these relationships in real life.’

Researchers actually conducted four separate studies involving approximately 700 heterosexual female students at a major public university in the southwest US.
During the study, the women placed more trust in a gay man’s dating advice – but not their career advice – than the same advice given by heterosexual individuals


The paper was published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...rlfriends.html

Yeah, we knew,

"Why EVERY girl needs a gay best friend"

ugh stop

It's true. Also, no friendships between two gay men end well. Us gays and women always form friendships based on trust due to no hidden agendas.

I do believe that a lot of straight women will befriend a homosexual male just for the novelty of having a "funny extroverted gay best friend" though, something that is still deeply ingrained in our internalised homophobic society.

Yes I trust my gay friends more than my boyfriend and friends should I be worry?

ugh at women treating gay men like props when convenient

It's awful

I'm not really surprised at any of this. I assume that's why some girls are ok with being touchy-feely with gays.

No we don't

This. I am not always in the mood to act out Sex and the City. My advice? Get a dog

alot of women do. i experience it every day. Criticized by my female friends for not being knowledgeable in fashion/makeup etc. and dont get me started on how much i here "for a gay guy". "For a gay guy you cant really tell much omg" "youre pretty toned down for a gay guy"

It's like they expect us to be this stereotype and get mad when you dont fit it.

well yeah. women don't see gay men as competition like they sometimes do with women. the relationship between straight women and gay men is a completely platonic, competition free one. I don't like the notion that women need specifically a gay male friend though, that's so annoying. Not all gay men are the same

My female huntys are my closest allies.

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meanwhile gay men objectify, sexualize, dehumanize, and shame women. Especially black women.
You'll be fine.

But this isn't what this article is about.

In your head, maybe. In the real world hunties and females tend to get on and have mutually beneficial relationships.

Not too much on him!