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

Love-shyness is a degree of social inhibition and timidity regarding the opposite sex that it 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, heterosexual men desire an intimate, committed 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 aud...