Nature or Nurture: the Case of the Boy Who Became a Girl
NORTHERN CARIBBEAN UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND SCIENCE
Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Course:
BIOL 395 GENETICS
Section A
TERM PAPER Nature or Nurture: The Case of the Boy Who Became a Girl
Presented By:
Nathalia allen
Monique Malcolm
Davena shaw
Shaneek Campbell
Part 1
1. Assuming that the nurture theory is valid, David as Brenda will have female behavior and believe he is a girl. From a physical point of view he will not develop secondary characteristics. Based on how hormones work by removing his testicles they denied him of his secondary characteristics. After puberty he would not have testicles to produce testosterone which would make him deficit of his secondary characteristics.
2. If Bruce was not subjected to gender reassignment surgery and raised as a boy, he would express the gender identity of a male. This is so because during the growing or maturing process he would recognize that he has more features of a male than of a female, physically. Although his genitals may look abnormal, he still has other features of a male.
Part 2
1. According to the nature view of psychosexual differentiation, prenatal exposure to androgen could influence the development of gender identity. David’s experience did not support the nurture theory. None of his characteristics supported the nurture theory. David being neat and tidy was not a feminine characteristic but rather one that was imposed upon by his mother.
2. According to the article David as Brenda resisted the treatment to be raised as gentle lady and eventually became unmanageable. Brenda frequently resisted girl’s toys, activities and clothing. He also mimicked her father’s behavior rather than her mother. She complained that she felt like a boy and viewed her physical characteristics as more masculine than feminine.
Part3
1. They agree to a small extent
COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND SCIENCE
Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Course:
BIOL 395 GENETICS
Section A
TERM PAPER Nature or Nurture: The Case of the Boy Who Became a Girl
Presented By:
Nathalia allen
Monique Malcolm
Davena shaw
Shaneek Campbell
Part 1
1. Assuming that the nurture theory is valid, David as Brenda will have female behavior and believe he is a girl. From a physical point of view he will not develop secondary characteristics. Based on how hormones work by removing his testicles they denied him of his secondary characteristics. After puberty he would not have testicles to produce testosterone which would make him deficit of his secondary characteristics.
2. If Bruce was not subjected to gender reassignment surgery and raised as a boy, he would express the gender identity of a male. This is so because during the growing or maturing process he would recognize that he has more features of a male than of a female, physically. Although his genitals may look abnormal, he still has other features of a male.
Part 2
1. According to the nature view of psychosexual differentiation, prenatal exposure to androgen could influence the development of gender identity. David’s experience did not support the nurture theory. None of his characteristics supported the nurture theory. David being neat and tidy was not a feminine characteristic but rather one that was imposed upon by his mother.
2. According to the article David as Brenda resisted the treatment to be raised as gentle lady and eventually became unmanageable. Brenda frequently resisted girl’s toys, activities and clothing. He also mimicked her father’s behavior rather than her mother. She complained that she felt like a boy and viewed her physical characteristics as more masculine than feminine.
Part3
1. They agree to a small extent
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