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- ↑ Robinson, Stefan; Anderson, Eric; White, Adam (January 2018). "The bromance: Undergraduate male friendships and the expansion of contemporary homosocial boundaries" (PDF). Sex Roles. 78 (1–2): 94–106. doi:10.1007/s11199-017-0768-5.
- ↑ "'Rescue Me': Hail to the chief", Los Angeles Times (June 29, 2007).