Discuss the pros and cons of cross-sex friendships.

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Cross-sex friendships help men have lower levels of dating anxiety and higher capacity for intimacy. These patterns hold across ethnic groups, too. Cross-sex friendships can also prove troublesome because of misperceptions. Some research shows men overestimate and women underestimate their friends' sexual interest in them. Maintaining cross-sex friendships when individuals enter into exclusive dating relationships, marriage, or committed relationships is difficult, and often results in one partner feeling jealous.

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