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| Many ] focus on how to avoid the friend zone, advising immediate cessation of all contact once a man finds himself in the friend zone. It should be noted that this is often paired with a philosophy designed to help a man have sex with women, with a priority on constantly meeting new women. Its value for helping a man find a secure, ] is uncertain. | Many ] focus on how to avoid the friend zone, advising immediate cessation of all contact once a man finds himself in the friend zone. It should be noted that this is often paired with a philosophy designed to help a man have sex with women, with a priority on constantly meeting new women. Its value for helping a man find a secure, ] is uncertain. | ||
| The term ''friend zone'' was popularized by a ] episode of the ] ] ], where the character Ross Geller, lovesick for Rachel Green, was labeled "Mayor of the Friend Zone". | The term ''friend zone'' was popularized by a ] episode of the ] ] ], where the character Ross Geller, ] for Rachel Green, was labeled "Mayor of the Friend Zone". | ||
| The 2005 film '']'' also deals with the "friend zone" and how it impacts on the main character of the film when he re-united with his female friend from high school. | The 2005 film '']'' also deals with the "friend zone" and how it impacts on the main character of the film when he re-united with his female friend from high school. | ||
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The friend zone is a folk psychology concept found in many texts geared towards a male audience about "dating advice", or "seduction advice". It states that a woman, within the first several minutes of meeting a man, is open to having an intimate relationship with him until certain faults emerge in his personality. In that case, that man would be mentally categorized as a "friend" rather than a lover, i.e. put into the friend zone. The key element is that, once there, it is almost impossible for a man to get out, that is, it is almost impossible for a woman to change her mind and become sexually attracted to that man. This is said to be very different from how a male's mind would work, and as a result leads to a string of false expectations on the part of the man.
Many dating seminars and texts focus on how to avoid the friend zone, advising immediate cessation of all contact once a man finds himself in the friend zone. It should be noted that this is often paired with a philosophy designed to help a man have sex with women, with a priority on constantly meeting new women. Its value for helping a man find a secure, loving relationship is uncertain.
The term friend zone was popularized by a 1994 episode of the television sitcom Friends, where the character Ross Geller, lovesick for Rachel Green, was labeled "Mayor of the Friend Zone".
The 2005 film Just Friends also deals with the "friend zone" and how it impacts on the main character of the film when he re-united with his female friend from high school.
It has also been suggested that women may also become victims of the "friend zone". This is mainly due to a serious lack of physical attraction, since it is fairly common for men to persue women with the same set of faults that would normally throw a man into a woman's friend zone. It's easier for women to get out of the friend zone because physical appearance is easier to change than one's own faults. If a man changes his faults just to get out of the friend zone then it could be seen as desperation, landing you right back in the friend zone.