Bromance

For other uses, see Bromance (disambiguation).
In 2017, then President Barack Obama's relationship with Vice President (later President) Joe Biden was described as a "bromance".[1]

Relationships
(Outline)
Types
Genetic or adoptive
By marriage
Partner(s)
Intimate and sexual
Activities
Endings
Emotions and feelings
Practices
Abuse

A bromance is a very close and non-sexual relationship between two or more men. It is an exceptionally tight, affectional, homosocial male bonding relationship exceeding that of usual friendship,[2][3] and is distinguished from normal friendship by a particularly high level of emotional intimacy.[4][5] The emergence of the concept since the beginning of the 21st century has been seen as reflecting a change in societal perception and interest in the theme,[4][2][3] with an increasing openness of Western society in the 21st century to reconsider exclusivity constraints.[6] The female version of the bromance is the womance.

  1. ^ "This Is Why the Obama-Biden Bromance Is Surprising". Time. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
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