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{{person|name=Brian Gilmartin|occupation=deceased/professor|birthday=May 18, 1940|ethnicity=white|image=File:Gilmartin.jpg}} | {{person|name=Brian Gilmartin|occupation=deceased/professor|birthday=May 18, 1940|ethnicity=white|image=File:Gilmartin.jpg}} | ||
'''Dr. Brian G. Gilmartin''' is a deceased <ref>https://www.havredailynews.com/story/2016/10/21/obituaries/obituary-brian-g-gilmartin/510750.html</ref> professor of psychology | '''Dr. Brian G. Gilmartin''' is a deceased <ref>https://www.havredailynews.com/story/2016/10/21/obituaries/obituary-brian-g-gilmartin/510750.html</ref> professor of psychology at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California and later Monatana State University. He was one of the most prominent researchers on [[involuntary celibacy]] and [[love-shy|love-shyness]]. He coined the term ''loveshy'' and wrote three books, [[Shyness and Love]], the shorter [[The Shy Man Syndrome]], and the book about swingers called [[The Gilmartin Report]]. He was going to appear in the unreleased incel documentary [[The Incel Project]]. Clip in the external link section. He believed that love shyness and involuntarily celibacy is real and should be acknowledged and treated by society as a medical condition. His books sold much better in Japan than in the US. He had a consultancy job in Japan that included free trips to Japan starting around 1996. | ||
Brian's work, although it sometimes contained pseudo-science, was valuable enough on the whole to not be taken as fringe, and was reviewed by contemporary psychology and Gilmartin's last book [[The Shy Man Syndrome]] had a forward by E. Michael Gutman, President of the Florida Psychological Society 1988-1989.<ref> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235420368_Love-Shy_Men</ref> | Brian's work, although it sometimes contained pseudo-science, was valuable enough on the whole to not be taken as fringe, and was reviewed by contemporary psychology and Gilmartin's last book [[The Shy Man Syndrome]] had a forward by E. Michael Gutman, President of the Florida Psychological Society 1988-1989.<ref> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235420368_Love-Shy_Men</ref> | ||