“Other findings suggest that friendships may interfere with men's and women's mating strategies. Both men and women reported that competition to attract members of the opposite sex was a costly aspect of same-sex friendship.” (Bleske 16) The conclusion of the article also suggests that those friendships cause jealousy, status confusion, and not being loved in return as they would like from their friend. Same-sex friendships have benefits, but they also have many losses. There are some questions that should be asked when determining the validity of same-sex friendships, and if the study were ever to be conducted again, it should be in a setting where a different variety of subjects are present. Men and women can very well be friends, but at what cost and based on the gender of the person you ask. Looking at Fiske's previous article I picked up some important points among some similarities and some