Homosocial vs Bromance - What's the difference?
homosocial | bromance |
Pertaining to homosociality, to social interaction with the same sex.
* 2003 , Barbara J. Bank, Contradictions in Women's Education (ISBN 0807743631), page 111:
* 2012 , Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex , Penguin 2013, p. 129:
As an adjective homosocial
is pertaining to homosociality, to social interaction with the same sex.As a noun bromance is
a close but non-sexual relationship between two men, a form of homosocial intimacy.homosocial
English
Adjective
(-)- In practice, however, the line between heterosocial and heterosexual relationships is rarely seen as rigid and impenetrable. Instead, male-female friendships are often seen — by others if not by the participants — as having sexual and romantic potential. In contrast, much social effort goes into maintaining the line between homosocial and homosexual relationships
- Even at its most intense, though, such ‘homosocial ’ friendship, both in fiction and in reality, was meant to be distinguished from homosexual acts and tendencies.