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    David Reimer: The Boy Who Lived As A Girl David Reimer was born a boy‚ but after an unconventional circumcision gone wrong‚ his parents decided to have him undergo an involuntary gender reassignment based on the influence of Dr. Money‚ a pro-nurture advocate (CBS‚ 2004). David‚ referred to as “Brenda” in his younger years‚ endured many difficulties throughout his childhood as a girl. Some of which included peer rejection‚ social isolation‚ mood swings‚ anger issues‚ & most notably gender confusion;

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    lives. This was shown in the case of David Reimer‚ the boy who was raised as a girl. In Reimer’s case‚ he was born biologically male‚ but due to an unfortunate circumstance involving

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    Nature vs. Nurture: David Reimer In the summer of 1965 at a hospital in Winnipeg‚ Canada. Janet Reimer gave birth to identical twins‚ Bruce and Brian. The two twin boys were born healthy‚ but at the age of six months both twin boys had difficulty urinating. At that time the doctors recommended that Bruce and Brian undergo circumcision in order to solve the problem. Unfortunately for Bruce the medical team used an unconventional technique of cauterization involving an electric burning device called

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    In 1965‚ David Reimer‚ an 8-month-old Canadian twin brother to Brian Reimer‚ was a victim of unethical psychiatric practices that lead us to understand Nature Vs. Nurture‚ and how both aid in the development of adulthood. Dr. John Money was first introduced to David‚ when physicians used an electro cautery needle instead of standard scalpel‚ which lead to the burning off of his reproductive organ. According to Intersex Society of North America “David’s parents agreed to have him “sex reassigned”

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    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”

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    it was birthed was possible‚ but the proof was not there (Dr. Money...). The logic behind the idea seems valid‚ but is completely unsound as many of the premises used as fact are false. Dr. Money garnered most of his fame through the case of David Reimer. He was a born a male and a twin‚ however a botched circumcision and the outreach of his parents to Dr. Money caused his parents to raise him as a girl though he did not act like one‚ as a field-test. In the end it was not revealed to

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    David Reimer was a subject that was selected to become an experiment without anyone’s knowledge except Dr. John Money. Dr. Money was a very popular psychologist‚ who was working on a case on twin brothers‚ Brian and Bruce Reimer‚ to do routine circumcisions‚ but the procedure had gone wrong or so the parent’s had thought. He had mistakenly burnt off the penis of one of the twin brothers while doing the procedure and that’s when Dr. Money’s ulterior motive had begun. Dr. Money had a purpose since

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    does this case tell you about the power of biology? The case of David Reimer’s life and tragic death show the true power of biology. David/Brenda was born a boy‚ but he raised as a girl due to a terrible accident (Colapinto‚ 2004). As a child David/Brenda never felt like a girl. David/Brenda was tormented both by peers for “her” masculine appearance and by herself as she knew something was not right (Colapinto‚ 2004). Even though David/Brenda endured a surgery and hormonal therapy to make him physically

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    surgically changed to another gender nor can they be socially changed into another gender by the parents choosing. The experience of David Reimer tell us about the development of gender identity when someone has their sex changed surgically. It shows us that gender identity of a child born with a male body can’t be changed by socialization or any type of surgery. In 1965 David Reimer was

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    attitude‚ these three qualities are crucial in order to make groundbreaking and reliable discoveries. Without those three qualities‚ there is no maintenance of quality work and accuracy despite whatever subjects might be involved. In the case of David Reimer‚ the scientific attitude was not applied and a large disservice was created by the lack of

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