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Friendships (Friends with Benefits (These are close friends but also have…
Friendships
Friends with Benefits
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Modern day, there are hookups where people can meet online and meet for sex or other sexual activities but not have romantic feelings for one another
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Types of Friendships
Reciprocity
Characterized by loyalty, self-sacrifice, mutual affection, and generosity
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Receptivity
There is one primary giver, and one primary receiver
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Association
Not necessarily a friendship, but moreso enjoying ones company. A "Friendly Relationship"
No loyalty, trust, receiving or giving, etc
Culture, Gender, and Technology
Gender
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Men
Focus on shared interests and activities such as attending an event together or working on a project together
Technology
With Facebook, for example, it has changed the meaning of "friend" because not everyone you're "friends" with on Facebook are actually your friends 
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Culture
In the US, you're not expected to go out of your way to do something major for someone
Asians and Latin Americans would go far out of their way to do something for a friend -- and if you don't, you're not really their friend
Closer friendships in Collectivist Cultures, more distant on Individualist Cultures.
