"The friendzone"

[redqueen]

19. Yes, it really is a betrayal.

And if you raise this issue in mixed company you will most likely hear from many people that it is simply natural that men view women as sex objects first and foremost, and that every man who is friends with a woman is of course doing the same.

I've always wondered if people saying this believed that all men simply are not interested in being friends with women they aren't sexually attracted to, or if such women were simply invisible to those who agree with this idea... that any woman who isn't sexually attractive somehow just doesn't register with them as deserving any kind of consideration in their minds.