In this article I will briefly review this literature and will also look at friendships between people with and without disabilities. Women's Friendships Women typically describe their friendships in terms of closeness and emotional attachment. What characterizes friendships between women is the willingness to share important feelings, thoughts, experiences, and support.
Women devote a good deal of time and intensity of involvement to friends.
Friendships between women, more so than between men, are broad and less likely to be segmented. History does not celebrate female friendships, and there is a long standing myth that the greatest friendships have been between men. Studies indicate that many of these stereotypes about women's friendships still exist. The great friendships recorded in history have been between men, and friendships among men have often been romanticized and idealized. Men's friendships have typically been described in terms of bravery and physical sacrifice in providing assistance to others.