The Shy-Man Syndrome: Why Men Become Love-Shy and How They Can Overcome It 0819170097

For the estimated 1.7 million American males who suffer from love-shyness, a degree of social inhibition and timidity re

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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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