It seems like female friendships have been the subject of an increasing number of books, movies, and TV shows over the last few years, bringing to light something that most of us know from experience: female friendships matter. In a 2021 survey, 41% of women reported having received emotional support from a female friend in only the past week (as opposed to 20% of men). Women receive emotional support from old and new female friends alike, including through bonds developed in the workplace. Indeed, the American Enterprise Institute found that women are much more likely to have deep connections in the workplace than their male colleagues.
The health benefits of female friendship are enormous. In psychological studies, friendships are consistently listed as one of the biggest sources of satisfaction in people’s lives, ahead of career success, religion, or even family. According to Medical News Today, “People with satisfying friendships experience less stress and even live longer.” Men would be well-advised to take heed, as “the tendency amongst men not to share their feelings with their friends leads to anger, irritability, and aggressiveness.”
So, remember to celebrate your female friendships, and make room for new ones. It’s truly the key to a happier and, as it turns out, longer life.
I want to give women something to think about regarding our relationship with other women....our primate cousins, Bonobos (matriarchal) and Chimpanzees (patriarchal), both have the females together to assist other females in protection and support. No man can support you like other women as they understand you better and our designed biological to support other women and children. We are taught by men that we need them and suppose to be with them. Why? Why did men design the need for them to be in our lives? Why did mean design relationships for us to be codependent on them instead of other women? Simple, sexual and domestic exploitation. No other species who don't mate for life behaves like us. Women friendships are so important for our mental and emotional health and to provide support and protection as we are stronger in groups to defend ourselves and our children. Its also why women naturally form bonds that men don't form....its all based off our natural reproduction vs the man-made religious one. Ask yourself why did man do this and why do men want to control all aspects of being a women to include our reproduction and children? Why do men want to do this when its not their natural biological responsibility?