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

127 91 9MB

English Pages 215 [240] Year 1989

Report DMCA / Copyright

DOWNLOAD PDF FILE

Recommend Papers

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

  • 0 0 0
  • Like this paper and download? You can publish your own PDF file online for free in a few minutes! Sign Up
File loading please wait...
Citation preview

THE

MYiNtom; WHY MEN BECOM E LOVE-SHY AND HOW THEY CAN OVERCOME IT

R. BRIAN C. GILMARTIN

$18.95

THE

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)

3 2711 00000 5924

COLUMbip LIBRAS

155.632

G487s

Gilmartin, The

Brian

shy-man

G.

syndrome

JUL 2 2 JUL 2 3 199*

j i

OCI1 1 ?001 |T ■

i i

*smm m

! i f

»

LJ

?

^0m

J _Mrnwimfir"^_1

i

f f T i

C. > fV %

l

i

w

0

1

I

i

itft >

■'ftH

T

****’- 9

i i

— ■ w(pa«i

2 6 1 -2 500

»

Printed in USA