Cross-sex friendships: a) have been common throughout history. ...

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Cross-sex friendships:
 
  a) have been common throughout history.
  b) are always easy to maintain.
  c) never work out well.
  d) are less common than in your parents' generation.
  e) can provide valuable insights into how the other sex thinks, feels, and behaves.

Question 2

What are three primary reasons for the significantly higher rates of widowhood among women than men?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[sierramartinez]

Answer to Question 1

E

Answer to Question 2

(1) Mortality rates among females are lower than for males; (2) Wives are typically a few years younger than their husbands; (3) Widowed women are less likely to remarry than are widowed men.

[cdr_15]

TYSM

[kjohnson]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it