Their results were kept private because in case one or the other person had romantic feelings towards the other person, it would not sabotage their relationship. And to ensure honest answers, the researchers followed a standard of protocols to keep their detectors anonymous and maintain confidentiality. They also required that both people agree verbally, and in front of each other, to refrain from discussing the study even after leaving the testing facility. These pairs of friends were then separated and each member of the pair was asked a series of questions relating to their romantic feelings towards the friend they were conducting the study with and the results were surprising. The results showed that men were much more likely to feel some sort of romantic attraction or benefit to their female friends, while women typically did not feel the same about the man. Not only did the male feel attracted to the female, but he also thought that his friend reciprocated the same feelings towards them. Most, but not all, women did not feel the same way about their male friend