Can't verify this and it IS a generality....
Several studies by researchers looking at the similarities and differences among dirty stinky hairy ugly dudes and fine lithe sensuous dudettes... well, technically, between males and females, found that.....
GENERALLY, males tend to have more friends and make them easier in their younger days but, as males age, they tend to be less sociable, have a harder time making new friends and tend to look more to themselves and immediate family for companionship.
Meanwhile, it's the opposite for females when compared to the dudes.
Thought that was interesting.
Don't know what impact it has on life as we know it but at least the study kept some PhDs off the street, out of gangs, and perhaps kept a lid on the crime rate.
Of course, many ways to define "friend." Most of the bleating sheep humanoids I have interacted with tend to use the term "friend" very loosly and claim to possess a multitude of them. Maybe they do.
On the udder hand, there's crotchety old coots such as I who can not claim to have a single friend but there are acquaintences..... none of which whi have ever entered the shanty and assuredly necer will.
Perhaps a lovely lass carrying yummy food MAY be allowed in but she will have had to meet all the prerequisites and, even then, meeting in a public place, on neutral turf, is more likely.
Of course, if an F4 or F5 tornado is bearing down and you come running to the shanty I would allow thee to enter the cellar and hide. The entrance IS outside and there is no access to the shanty's humble interior from the spider haven below the house. BIG spiders. Big enuff to pose a threat to little kids. Maybe the tornado is preferable?
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