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THE
MYiNtom; WHY MEN BECOM E LOVE-SHY AND HOW THEY CAN OVERCOME IT
R. BRIAN C. GILMARTIN
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WHY MEN BECOME LOVE-SHY AN DHOW THEY CAN OVERCOME IT DR. BRIAN G. GILMARTIN ove-shyness is a degree of social inhi¬ bition and timidity regarding the op¬ posite sex that is so severe it prevents participation in courtship, marriage, and family roles. It is estimated that 1.7 million American males suffer from love-shyness. These virginal, hetero¬ sexual men desire an intimate, com¬ mitted relationship with a woman, but their acute timidity in informal social situations prevents them from asserting themselves. The Shy Man Syndrome is the first book aimed at a general audience to. address this problem and offer ways to over¬ come it. Dr. Brian Gilmartin uses land¬ mark text, Shyness and Love, as a basis for this work. For it, more than 300 chronically-shy, virginal men, between the (continued on back Jhp)
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