Are men capable of platonic friendships?

[GTI]

Opinion within the scientific community seems to be split. Some believe that men are capable of having completely non-sexual friendships with women and others believe that its almost impossible. Now we're not talking about friendships with ugly or older women who you'd never fuck in a million years (that would be cheating), but rather women who you might potentially size up as a partner.

Speaking from personal experience I am very good at pretending but ultimately fall into the impossible camp. I would be lying if I didn't think about banging literally every woman I met, because my brain is hardwired to find women visually stimulating. Therefore I think it is impossible for men like me to have platonic female friends, even if I don't act on my urges I am constantly thinking about it.

Interesting to know your thoughts.

Edit: Doh!!! made the wrong choice in Poll, my answer is 'No'

[cyprus]

The platonic friendships I have are with my girlfriend's friends. I know it's simply not on the cards nor ever will be so it's easier to set any sexual desires aside and just be friends. That doesn't mean that I do not have furious wanks over them though.

[GTI]

The platonic friendships I have are with my girlfriend's friends. I know it's simply not on the cards nor ever will be so it's easier to set any sexual desires aside and just be friends. That doesn't mean that I do not have furious wanks over them though.

No mate, completely platonic means no wanking

[cyprus]

No mate, completely platonic means no wanking

I disagree. I have wanked to some weird shit as I'm sure you have too and like me, I'm sure you don't have any concious sexual desires to some of the things you've tugged off to.

[BertRoot]

Platonic is for the oldies and the uglies. For me if it doesn't have a lazy eye or smell of old pus or piss then there is always an angle that can raise wood.

[CzarJunkie]

The answer is a resounding no. Unless you are at least two thirds uphill gardener, then platonic friendships with women is a fallacy. By my own estimates I'm only one third chutney ferret. And unless I can see myself bending her over the deli counter at Waitrose (used to be Asda before I moved into the upper tax bracket) and giving her the full length of my Saucisson Sec, then she simply resides in the circle of asexual acquaintances. I'll still communicate with said women on a platonic basis, but only if I have to or it serves me to do so.

[GTI]

The answer is a resounding no. Unless you are at least two thirds uphill gardener, then platonic friendships with women is a fallacy. By my own estimates I'm only one third chutney ferret. And unless I can see myself bending her over the deli counter at Waitrose (used to be Asda before I moved into the upper tax bracket) and giving her the full length of my Saucisson Sec, then she simply resides in the circle of asexual acquaintances. I'll still communicate with said women on a platonic basis, but only if I have to or it serves me to do so.

I agree it is a fallacy, and one well understood by Wahabi Muslims in Saudi Arabia.
Anyway a study which I just made up has shown that the decade-long decline of Japanese Industry coincides with the arrival of more women into the workplace. Their renowned work ethic and steely concentration has been eroded as they now obsess about sniffing the chairs of female colleagues, raiding the tampon bin and sending each other soiled panties through internal mail.

Sick cunts

[piggzy]

I voted no, based mostly on the fact that I don't think I could. Every human female I get friendly with I usually end up having sick thoughts about them and what I would do to them (or what they would do to me. usually against their will)

[CzarJunkie]

I agree it is a fallacy, and one well understood by Wahabi Muslims in Saudi Arabia.
Anyway a study which I just made up has shown that the decade-long decline of Japanese Industry coincides with the arrival of more women into the workplace. Their renowned work ethic and steely concentration has been eroded as they now obsess about sniffing the chairs of female colleagues, raiding the tampon bin and sending each other soiled panties through internal mail.

Sick cunts

While I admire the Wahabi Muslim notion that all females are a corrupting, and ultimately evil, influence on all good intentioned men. I'm not sure I'd condone their method of dealing with said females within society. I prefer the pre-feminist British method of allowing females certain rights and boundaries. But when they try and step outside of those boundaries, they should be firmly rounded upon by one or more well intentioned men. They should have all notions of independent thought and behaviour belittled and ridiculed until they withdraw to a place of sanctuary, such as a domestic kitchen or a convent.

[DJ OD]

Capable, maybe. In reality no. Unless the women are violently ugly either mentally or physically then a mans cock
will eventually out think his brain.


DJ OD

[B.I.G.]

Capable, maybe. In reality no. Unless the women are violently ugly either mentally or physically then a mans cock
will eventually out think his brain.


DJ OD

And even the ugly ones you'd probably end up cracking one off over the thought of them begging to suck you off and you eventually allowing them to out of sympathy....so no.

[Mule]

Course they are, not all men are straight.

[Squizza]

Ask yourself this..

Would I be comfortable knowing that I am happily married going on 'date nights' with my sister to see a movie/meal..? Would I be happy my wife doing the same with her Brother?
Probably not although some people would think it is fine no doubt.

Then, would you be happy going for a 'date night' with you mates sister who is in town who you have not seen for years purely as a 'friend' (yeah right..) or the wife seeing her mates brother..

No.

[GTI]

There seems to be this automatic step with every woman I meet where I size her up as a potential partner, never-fucking-mind that I'm happily married and so is she.

That stage seems to be the same for men and women, the difference lies in the fact that they are able to move on from that step by placing the man in their 'friend' box whereas we're stuck in this never-ending loop of 'would I', 'wouldn't I'??

[piggzy]

There seems to be this automatic step with every woman I meet where I size her up as a potential partner, never-fucking-mind that I'm happily married and so is she.

That stage seems to be the same for men and women, the difference lies in the fact that they are able to move on from that step by placing the man in their 'friend' box whereas we're stuck in this never-ending loop of 'would I', 'wouldn't I'??

That is probably the nail on the head. Maybe the male species is sexually immature, not physically but mentally..
We are still too cave man... Lets fuck it's brains out because it is our immature primal instinct then later we can think 'oh fuck, I really shouldn't have boned my sons girlfriend'

[Freddy]

I voted no because I find attractive women... attractive.

Perhaps if we lived in a society where our women wear full length burkas it could be possible. Even then my imagination will have me kit-katting her hidden fruits whilst her husband inserts his rolled-up prayer mat into his greatful dilated anus.

[GTI]

I voted no because I find attractive women... attractive.

This is my problem, I'm in a female dominated industry working alongside many very attractive, smart women.
So we're in a meeting and she's blathering on about how we need to do x,y and z to save patient's lives and all I'm thinking about is her bouncing on my cock.

[{{909}}]

definite no here.
The Chinese teaching industry is massively female dominated and at my school I am the sole male employee. The only people I don't think about banging every time I pass them in the corridor are the ones that I personally despise.

For a brief spell we had a male Chinese teacher here and he was the softest, most polite, friendly person you could imagine, but he really fucked up the gender balance in the office and I often felt the need to urinate on his desk to mark my territory.

[CzarJunkie]

I voted no because I find attractive women... attractive.

Perhaps if we lived in a society where our women wear full length burkas it could be possible. Even then my imagination will have me kit-katting her hidden fruits whilst her husband inserts his rolled-up prayer mat into his greatful dilated anus.

I think that's where Islam went badly wrong. Insisting females cover their bodies so men would't be tempted by their evil flesh has exactly the opposite effect. The human imagination is a powerful and wondrous thing, but when it's applied to what lies beneath female clothing, it can become a potent driver of male dominated anti-social behaviour. I suspect there's some element of that correlated to why young Muslim men are sometimes driven into the arms of radical imam's and jihadism. They are not only disenfranchised economically but also socially and sexually. If my memory serves me correctly, Raquel Welch, in One Million Years BC, wore the merest of fur lined bikinis and I suspect this was a fair representation of history. Women wearing anything more than a scant two piece is simply unnatural, unless it's a fucking heffer, of course.

[CominAtcha]

It's deffo a no from me. But by Christ I wish it was a yes.

Would have saved me a great deal of time and money being spent in various clinics across the country, shitting myself in the waiting room, praying that she'd definitely go through with it.

Fuck buddies indeed.......