Women with male friends:
Whether it's a red or yellow flag probably depends a lot on the nature of her interests and specific friends. Quite a few of the smartest and most drama free women I've known over the years have had friend groups polarized at least somewhat towards men. Intelligent women grow tired of drama, gossip and backstabbing and they over time realize men tend to be the opposite. Also if they happen to be interested in a more technical field like finance or engineering it kind of comes with the territory.
Motives for male friends:
Whether it's a yellow or red flag clearly comes down to the kind of guys she's friends with and her motives. Every guy who is either a work or school nerd is pretty inert as a threat and probably a better influence than an average female friend (especially in a Western country). Since goofy orbiter guys rarely ever get laid and don't party that hard it's not like promiscuous or wild behavior is rubbing off on her like it does when female friends constantly boast bout their recent fling. If her friends are degenerates it's bad regardless of their gender but it's arguably worse if they're female. If she prefers to be around men due to an insatiable need for male attention it's an entirely different beast.
Band of sluts:
I was around a London apartment for a few months that consisted of four single girls of various Euro nationalities and they basically fed off each other's bad habits and seemingly got progressively sluttier as they condoned one another's whorish behavior. There is probably a slippery slope of sluttyness, but I think these girls who have a big group of male and/or female friends in a smaller city are forced to care a lot more about their reputation than some band of sluts in a major metropolitan area who religiously watch every episode of Girls and Sex and the City together.
Tentative conclusions:
If you get along with her dude friends you can in theory just hang out with them whenever she does and if they're relatively cool it's a win win. If she is treating them like brothers or coworkers and not being flirtatious it's probably innocuous. If on the other hand she is seeing these guys furtively on her own or partying with them regularly and getting flirty, it's probably a red flag for daddy issues, promiscuity, or low self esteem.
Whether it's a red or yellow flag probably depends a lot on the nature of her interests and specific friends. Quite a few of the smartest and most drama free women I've known over the years have had friend groups polarized at least somewhat towards men. Intelligent women grow tired of drama, gossip and backstabbing and they over time realize men tend to be the opposite. Also if they happen to be interested in a more technical field like finance or engineering it kind of comes with the territory.
Motives for male friends:
Whether it's a yellow or red flag clearly comes down to the kind of guys she's friends with and her motives. Every guy who is either a work or school nerd is pretty inert as a threat and probably a better influence than an average female friend (especially in a Western country). Since goofy orbiter guys rarely ever get laid and don't party that hard it's not like promiscuous or wild behavior is rubbing off on her like it does when female friends constantly boast bout their recent fling. If her friends are degenerates it's bad regardless of their gender but it's arguably worse if they're female. If she prefers to be around men due to an insatiable need for male attention it's an entirely different beast.
Band of sluts:
I was around a London apartment for a few months that consisted of four single girls of various Euro nationalities and they basically fed off each other's bad habits and seemingly got progressively sluttier as they condoned one another's whorish behavior. There is probably a slippery slope of sluttyness, but I think these girls who have a big group of male and/or female friends in a smaller city are forced to care a lot more about their reputation than some band of sluts in a major metropolitan area who religiously watch every episode of Girls and Sex and the City together.
Tentative conclusions:
If you get along with her dude friends you can in theory just hang out with them whenever she does and if they're relatively cool it's a win win. If she is treating them like brothers or coworkers and not being flirtatious it's probably innocuous. If on the other hand she is seeing these guys furtively on her own or partying with them regularly and getting flirty, it's probably a red flag for daddy issues, promiscuity, or low self esteem.