If Men and Women Can’t Just be Friends, How Can the Friendzone Exist?

Jason Henry

Oct 4, 2018·5 min read

“man and woman surrounded by red and green floral trees during daytime” by Matheus Ferrero on Unsplash

In “When Harry Met Sally”, Harry declares to Sally that men and women can’t be friends. Sally denies this, sharing that she has lots of male friends. “You only think you do,” says Harry.

He affirms that men and women cannot be friends because attraction always gets in the way, mostly for men who will eventually want to have sex with these female…