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who was born a boy, but a botched circumcision resulted in his parents choosing to raise him as a girl (with some persuasion from a psychologist, if I'm not mistaken) it happened sometime in the 60s or 70s I guess, before there were all sorts of ethical regulations on that sort of thing. Does anyone know what I'm talking about and who can tell me his name?

You probably mean David Reimer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reimer

Yes, that would be him, thank you very much. :)


I'm writing a paragraph comparing Gould's stance on biological determinism to the notion that gender isn't biologically determined and I wanted a counter example to each for the sake of being thorough.

Yes, that would be him, thank you very much. :)


I'm writing a paragraph comparing Gould's stance on biological determinism to the notion that gender isn't biologically determined and I wanted a counter example to each for the sake of being thorough.

You might also take a look through:

http://www.amazon.com/As-Nature-Made-Him-Raised/dp/0061120561/sr=8-1/qid=1170314951/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-0081705-9184879?ie=UTF8&s=books

His story makes me sad.

His story makes me sad.

What makes me sad is all those idiot doctors "assigning" gender willy-nilly based on his "success". Morons.

I am a white-collar corporate executive trapped in a minimum-wage laborer's body. Please help me, I need a doctor to perform an income tax bracket-change operation on me, and quickly.

I saw a documentary on him once. On the SBS of course ;)

Help me, I'm a nerd stuck in a geek's body! :D

Help me, I'm a nerd stuck in a geek's body! :D

Oh, I remember those books. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help%21_I%27m_Trapped...)

His story makes me sad.

its an extremely sad story. he worked so hard to regain what had been taken from him but in the end just couldnt deal with his life.

Oh, I remember those books. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help%21_I%27m_Trapped...)

:D

What makes me sad is all those idiot doctors "assigning" gender willy-nilly based on his "success". Morons.

Uhm ... doctors walk through the maternity wards where you live and randomly assign genders? "Boy, girl, boy, boy, girl, boy ..." :eek:

What makes me sad is all those idiot doctors "assigning" gender willy-nilly based on his "success". Morons.

And just as sad is that his brother developed serious mental problems when he found out, and eventually killed himself, and that David himself eventually killed himself.

All in all, a very sad story :(

Uhm ... doctors walk through the maternity wards where you live and randomly assign genders? "Boy, girl, boy, boy, girl, boy ..." :eek:

And they got a 50-50 chance of getting it right. ;)

And they got a 50-50 chance of getting it right. ;)

True, true. :p

Uhm ... doctors walk through the maternity wards where you live and randomly assign genders? "Boy, girl, boy, boy, girl, boy ..." :eek:

Well, if it's random, a sequence like "boy, boy, girl, girl, girl, girl, boy, girl, boy, boy" is more likely.

Well, if it's random, a sequence like "boy, boy, girl, girl, girl, girl, boy, girl, boy, boy" is more likely.Any specific sequence is equally likely when taken from a uniformly random distribution.

Any specific sequence is equally likely when taken from a uniformly random distribution.

Aye, but something like, as in, something similar to the sequence I posted, as opposed to your basic pattern of 101010101...