Personally I think women and men could get along as just friends just fine.
It's not love but rejection that's the problem.
If a woman wanted to have a relationship with a man or a gay person wanted to have a relationship with a friend (gay or not), and either of these people turned them down it would hurt. And they'd probably just start to see the friendship as a second place prize.
If a woman isn't very attractive, is in a committed relationship she's not going to be getting out of any time soon, or doesn't pursue relationships with people of your gender, then its perfectly possible for her to say something along the lines of "You're perfectly attractive and all I just can't forget you because of ____ but trust me there's nothing wrong with you." I can't say I'd mind being in such an arrangement assuming the woman wasn't simply patronizing me. It's only when I feel as though I value her more highly than she me that I'd start to feel awkward and want to end things.
Can someone explain how fedora correlates to friend zone?
They're both things the Internet associates with Euphoria.