As Nature Made Him · The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl

As Nature Made Him · The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl
Authors
Colapinto, John
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Tags
non-fiction , biography , psychology , science , gay , sociology
ISBN
9780060929596
Date
2000-01-13T00:00:00+00:00
Size
1.23 MB
Lang
en
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In  1967, after a twin baby boy suffered a botched circumcision, his family agreed to a radical treatment that would alter his gender.  The case would become one of the most famous in modern medicine -- and a total failure.  *As Nature Made Him* tells the extraordinary story of David Reimer, who, when finally informed of his medical history, made the decision to live as a male.  A macabre tale of medical arrogance, it is first and foremost a human drama of one man's -- and one family's -- amazing survival in the face of terrible odds.