How much do you value platonic female friendship?

Similarly as male friendships, though with a slight preference because I currently have more male friends than female friends.

I completely agree with your perspective reason, getting an additional female opinion can be quite eye-opening on many occassions.

Your question about attractiveness actually got me thinking. I'd say most of my female friends are quite attractive, but I don't think that was a reason for me to befriend them. I also didn't seek out those friendships, they just kind of evolved out of friend groups, associations or dorms. In the end, don't know. I don't think that attractiveness plays a role for my friendships, but I can't rule out a subconcious preference to simply liking the preference of attractive girls.

As for your situtation, just chatting people up in class would indicate a flirting intent to me, so I'd say a reaction based on attraction or preference is natural. Maybe you could rather specifically look for friends in student associations, study groups, etc?

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