> "The terrible point is, basically, "men and women just can't help being sexually attracted to each other", and it permeates the entire article." What? The a

> "The terrible point is, basically, "men and women just can't help being sexually attracted to each other", and it permeates the entire article." What? The author of the article specifically addresses this and does not conclude that the sexual attraction is unavoidable: "But it doesn’t always get in the way." "I don’t see that platonic friendships are actually rare at all or worthy of a lot of winks and nudges." Etc. > "it's a remarkably heteronormative idea" Yes, the author agrees: "Close friendships between members of the same sex, after all, are also suspect." He specifically deconstructs the exact issues you seem to be worried about. I'll assume you did actually read the article, because you said you did, but you are radically misportraying the author's claims in order to make your own points as if arguing against his (when actually, he's already made many of them himself).