"He loves your people / But tie him not to be their bedfellow." (II.ii) (Sorry I've lost my text so I've been reading online without line numbers)

Menenius' use of the word bedfellow mirrors responds Bray's discussion of bedfellows in light of his definition of male friendship. Male friends in Elizabethan times shared material interest. This mutual, material interest was the backbone of the relationship. Without it, true male friendship did not exist. Therefore, without it, two men would not be bedfellows. Coriolanus, a noble through and through, diverges greatly from the material interests of the plebeians. A haughty elitist, Coriolanus believes the plebeians should have no voice, and could seemingly care less if they starve. As Menenius describes, Coriolanus does not make a good bedfellow for the tribunes and those they represent.