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...male undergraduates at Harvard afraid of love? Caroline W. Bynum, associate professor of Church History at the Divinity School, thinks they are and suggested why in a recent article in the Radcliffe Quarterly. Torn between a broad cultural pattern that prescribes male dominance and a subculture that idealizes equality, men in universities today shy away from love relationships, says Bynum. At the same time, new demands for honesty and openness conflict with the traditional image of the strong, silent type. These problems are exacerbated by increasing insecurity about the future and a prolonged adolescence...
...this motive to avoid love is a serious and real problem, Bynum says, it is one that can only be solved by men; and it is important to recognize that the male psyche is not the norm of health in our society...
John Marquand, both the Bells, A. Arthurs, Bynum...
...David E. Bynum '58, lecturer on Oral Literature...
...Last year, Vorenberg's appointment created more of a stir than Kiely's, if only because Bok didn't tip the Republicans off at the time. In February, a month before Bok appointed Vorenberg, Dunster House residents had signed a letter to Bok suggesting that he choose Caroline W. Bynum '63, assistant professor of History. Students in Dunster had met in late January to draft a letter to Bok explaining what qualities they wanted in a master and listing 28 candidates for the job. Vorenberg didn't appear on the list...