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===Causes===

Gilmartin estimates that love-shyness afflicts approximately 1.5% of American males. According to Gilmartin, love-shyness is, like most human psychological characteristics, the result of some combination of [[biology|biological]] factors ([[genetics|genetic]]/[[developmental biology|developmental]]) and environmental factors (experiences of [[child abuse]], [[post-traumatic stress disorder]] (PTSD), [[culture|cultural]], [[family|familial]], [[religion|religious]], etc.).<ref name="Brian G. Gilmartin 1987"/> Gilmartin believes that shyness is a condition which needs to be cured. He says in his book “Shyness is ''never'' ‘good’. Shyness obviates free choice and self-determination, and it stands squarely in the way of responsible self-control and self-management.” Again, he states “Simply put, ''shyness is never healthy''.”