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Born as Bruce Reimer, a botched circumcision at eight months old destroyed his penis. On the advice of psychologist John Money, who believed gender identity was socially constructed (the "nurture" theory), David’s parents had him undergo sex reassignment surgery and raised him as a girl named "Brenda". The Case Study and Reality

David Reimer (1965–2004) was a Canadian man whose life became a pivotal and tragic case study in psychology and medical ethics regarding gender identity. Reimer, David rar

Known as the "John/Joan" case, Money publicly reported the reassignment as a success, using it to justify thousands of similar surgeries on infants with atypical genitalia. Born as Bruce Reimer, a botched circumcision at