Cross-sex friendship

A cross-sex friendship is a platonic relationship between two non-familial people of differing sex or gender. It is widespread in heterosexual culture, while cross-sex friendships involving mixed sexual orientations often mirror mate-selection preferences and can provide opportunities for short-term mating; the relationship may sometimes come to be regarded as familial, though pop culture tends to portray such friendships with skepticism because of the potential for romantic or sexual attraction. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/