In my experience the only people who pimp "men can't be friends with women" tripe are either PUA types or social outcasts.
PUA types are the worst and they all start as social outcasts--case in point being, EviLore. I am not so sure where he falls into nowadays, but he definitely was a PUA at some point; not the worst kind, though.
PUA rarely get girls who look better than average. Remember when EL simped on TAM big time? "I thought you were different", etc. That one quote was a straight insult to her intelligence. The irony? He would have probably labeled me a PUA if I called him out on that in the open...
TBH the thing that ruins most male/female friendships is dudes who think any woman being nice to them=wants to date or have sex with them
Mostly, don't discount the thirstiness of women tho
Women are "allowed" to creep on men because men remain less vulnerable than women physically-speaking.