ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Crayola, Class Discrimination, David Reimer
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David reimer: the boy who lived as a girl. Winnipeg twins bruce and brian reimer were born in 1965 at 6 months they were circumcised, and the procedure damaged bruce"s genitals beyond repair. Dr. money believed that genes are important, but a baby is essentially gender-neutral for the first 2 years of life; therefore a child"s upbringing and how they"re nurtured determines whether the child feels masculine/feminine. Dr. money believed bruce was young enough that he could be raised as a girl, and recommended parts of bruce"s genitals be removed; his parents were to treat bruce as a female. Because of the surgical procedures he endured, david wasn"t able to father his own kids, but reconstructive surgeries allowed him to have a normal sex life. He did get married, and was stepfather to his wife"s 3 kids; when his wife asked for a separation in 2004, he committed suicide.
