During the past decade sociologists have published numerous
research studies which have highlighted the importance of informal
friendship networks. One of the key findings to emerge from this work
is the fact that most Americans of both sexes initially meet their future
marriage partners through their friends. Of course, popular folklore
would have us believe that Cupid accomplishes most of his work in
such public places as beaches, bars, discoteques, zoos, etc., and that
employment situations and dating services also provide fertile soil for
the sprouting of incipient romances. The reality of the situation is that
women tend to be quite wary of strangers. The reality of the situation
is that informal friendship networks instigate far more male-female rela-
tionships that eventually lead to cohabitation and/or marriage than do
all of these impersonal meeting grounds put together
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