Friendship: How to Give It, How to Get It by Joel D. Block, Ph.D.

How Much Do You Know About Friendship?

True or False?

  • American society encourages friendship.
  • Friendship needs decrease with age.
  • Women cannot really count on each other in a crisis.
  • Male friendships surpass all others in terms of the strength of their commitments.
  • Sexual attraction enhances friendship.
  • Close friendships are more likely to flourish in small towns than in large cities.
  • A spouse is usually considered a close friend.
  • Despite their glamorous lives, celebrities are among the loneliest of people.
  • Men and women seek similar qualities in friends.
  • Friendship is optional in our lives; it is not essential to sound psychological functioning.

The answers to these questions will surprise you. They are guaranteed to make you think twice about your own friendships, to make you aware of how we make them, break them, and keep them.

From hundreds of personal interviews, Dr. Block describes non-sexual friendships in America. Essential information for anyone who wants to have friends and keep friends.

Praised by The Atlanta Constitution: "A myth shattering report on non-sexual relationships."

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