[1][2][3][4][5][6] It is an exceptionally tight affectional, homosocial female bonding relationship exceeding that of usual friendship, and is distinguished by a particularly high level of emotional intimacy.
[6] Although womance is sometimes seen as the female flip side of bromance,[8][9] some have seen different nuances in the social construction of the two concepts.
[1][2][10] Hammarén sees "different values assigned to male and female friendships"[further explanation needed] and a dissimilarity in the "underlying power relation between the concepts",[2][further explanation needed] and Winch has asserted several differences in the social construction.
[2] In Her Shoes (2005), Baby Mama (2008), The Women (2008), Bride Wars (2009), The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (2005), Desatanakkili Karayarilla, an Indian Malayalam language movie (1986), and Bridesmaids (2011) have been seen as womances, and their characteristics and tropes discussed.
[1] Winch expands on the assertion that "The womance can be distinguished from earlier friendship films because of its focus on the female self as entrepreneurial self-project.