- Female bonding
Female bonding is the formation of a close personal relationship between women. [ [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/female+bonding Female Bonding] - theFreeDictionary.com ] Female bonding is a term that is used in
ethology ,social science , and in general usage to describe patterns offriendship ,attachment , and cooperation inwomen ; or in the case of ethology, associations between females of various species. The exact meaning of the term differs across contexts.Overview
In ethology, a species is said to have "female bonding" if the females regularly form coalitions in which they mutually support each other, especially if such coalitions are used to attack other groups or individuals.
Female animals such as
chimpanzee s andhuman s occasionally participate in raiding groups that kill others, but are normally a minority in a coalition that is composed mostly of males.Fact|date=August 2008In the context of human relationships, female bonding is used to describe friendship between women, or the way in which women befriend each other. The expression is sometimes used synonymously with the word
camaraderie . Friendships among women are stereotypically based not only on shared activities, as with men's friendship, but also onemotional sharing.ee also
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Human bonding
*Male bonding
*Feminine psychology
*Homosociality References
Further reading
*cite book | last = Greiner | first = Donald, J. | title = Women Without Men: Female Bonding and the American Novel of the 1980s | publisher = University of South Carolina Press | year = 1993 | id = ISBN 0872498840
External links
* [http://www.women24.com/Women24/Life/BodySoul/Article/0,,1-2-4_3223,00.html Female Bonding] - Women24.com
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