Summary Of David Reimer

Reflection-David Reimer-Sex Roles & Gender

•Summary:

David Reimer was born an identical twin boy in 1965. At the age of 6 months, David and his brother each had difficulty urinating, so a doctor decided to treat the problem with circumcision. The doctor botched the circumcision on David, using an unconventional method and accidentally burning off David’s penis beyond surgical repair. At the advice of Dr.John Money at Johns Hopkins University, David’s parents agreed to have him “sex reassigned” and made into a girl via surgical, hormonal, and psychological treatments. Although the Reimer family had serious doubts, John Money claimed that David turned out to be a “real” girl with a female gender identity. Money believed that one relies on the assumption that gender identity is all about nurture (upbringing), not nature (inborn traits).However this his theory was incorrect because although David was reared to be a “gentle lady” but as soon as David found out what happened to him, David reassumed the social identity of a boy.
Money. Reimer said that Dr. Money forced him and his brother to rehearse sexual acts involving "thrusting movements",in sexual positions, they were also forced the children to take their "clothes off" and engage in "genital inspections" thus causing Severe psychological damage. They also were unaware that Money was calling their story a success when it clearly was not thus affecting ideas

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