female friend versus male friend

How different is a friendship with a woman from the one with a man?, what do you prefer?, are they the same kind of friendship?, does it depends on the person?, now I am not going to tell you the answers but based on my personal experiences, I have some aspects that I can compare or contrast about these two kinds of friendship, such as confidence, places to go out, and the way of thinking.
Confidence is a very important aspect to establish a relationship, and friendship is not an exception. You know that to confess something is difficult but when you have someone important who can listen to you or give you some advice is great; based on my very personal experiences, I think women tend to criticize you or to be more gossipy with the information given; on the other hand, I think men are more reliable since men tend to be more respectful with your information, and most of the time they listen to you without criticizing.
Another important aspect to consider is the places to go out, for example, in my case I think I have more options to go out with a female friend than with a male friend, since with a girl can go shopping, she can go around the city buying and buying and there is no problem, also girls together can go to some clubs and get discount in drinks, just because we are women, etc; In contrast, a male friend can get desperate if he goes shopping with a woman, but one advantage is that when you go to a club you are never going to feel alone, because he is always going to be taking care of you.
The way of thinking influences so much in a friendship. Usually women think with the heart and they give you some an imaginary thing or a thing that just happens in our dreams (???) as advice; on the other hand men are more realistic than women, and they usually talk with objectivity even though they know it can be painful for you. And we have to remember that a friend always talks to you with the truth.
As a conclusion, I think women as men can be good friends, it depends the kind of person that they are or the interests that you have, but you never forget that it does not matter if you have a female friend or a male friend, just take into consideration the happiness that she or he brings to your life.