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5. Explain how gender, cultural diversity, and sexual attraction challenges friendships.
Friendship is one of the most important and most beautiful thing that could happen to one’s life. This could be between two males, two females, male and female, group of males, group of females or mix of both. Friendship is by and large determined cultural diversity, especially male to female friendship. For example, individualistic and capitalistic countries, there is no male and female difference, so male and female friendship is very common but in collective societies, there is a restriction and only same sex friendship is allowed most of the time. There is no sexual relationship in a friendship and if there is a sexual relationship, it’s not friendship because friendship is considered to be very pure in itself and it shouldn’t be spoiled. So, I think although cultural diversity has an impact on friendship, it actually helps one become aware of the challenges in friendship and overcome them in terms of gender and sexual attraction.