I seem to remember someone telling me once that same-sex friendships are just a way of negating competition.

Well, he'd know about same-sex friendships, I suppose.

The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of same-sex friendships in the development of one's identity.

The results concluded that adolescents are actively constructing their identities through common themes of conversation between same-sex friendships, in this case, involving relationship issues.

Third edition, chapter 7: paragraph about "gender differences in same-sex friendships", pp.

Because many lead isolated lives, the singles club also helps build same-sex friendships.

Teens learn about themselves through expanding their relationships beyond close same-sex friendships and through exposure to different world views and lifestyles.

The same-sex friendships they promoted, including the love between a teacher and a student (called pedagogical eros), were seen as being pure.