Robert A. Glover

Robert A. Glover is a marriage and family therapist. His publisher describes him as holding a PhD in marriage and family therapy and calls him a recovering Nice Guy himself. He worked for many years as a therapist before he moved to coaching, online classes and support groups for men.

No More Mr. Nice Guy first appeared as an e-book in 2000, and Running Press published it in print at the end of 2002. It describes what Glover calls the Nice Guy Syndrome: men who hide their needs and seek approval, especially from women, in the hope of being loved in return. He argues that this covert bargaining leaves them resentful and that recovery means putting their own needs first and setting boundaries. He traces the pattern to childhood, when a boy learns that his needs make him unlovable.

The book found a large audience in online men's communities. Critics say its views on gender roles helped it spread in the manosphere, where some groups have pushed its ideas further than the book does. He also wrote Dating Essentials for Men.