In today’s news, sexual orientation is a big debacle The debate whether genetics or environment influence sexual orientation has gone on for many years. One of the most famous, psychological experiments in history, was the tragic episode of David Reimer. During a circumcision, at seven months old, his penis was completely burnt off. Then a greedy, perverted doctor named Dr. Money, came along and tried to persuade the parents of David to raise him as a girl. Thus David became Brenda and her life changed forever. Although some disagree, I believe sexual orientation is firmly a mixture among genetics and the environment. The power of DNA is unbelievably incredible. It stores a ton of genetic information thereby we would not be able to process without it. DNA also determines our sex and that is the biological femaleness and maleness and other sexual behaviors (Huffman, 2012, p. 390). It is also the determination of our chromosomes whether they are XY or XX (Huffman, 2012, p. 390). Moreover, gender is the psychological and sociocultural aspects that make up the femaleness and maleness of our biological status (Huffman, 2012, p. 390). Comparatively, sexual orientation
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At the age of thirteen, his parents told him the truth about his sexuality. He decided to transition from Brenda, a little girl, to David, a teenager boy. Dr. Money was a terrible doctor, who firmly believed by overriding nature, a boy could be raised a girl. In one of David’s last lines in the movie he clearly says how nature cannot override nurture, and there needs to be an equal balance. In my opinion, this was a despicable act of greed and fame. Dr. Money only published the positive outcomes of the process. He never mentioned how disastrous it turned out. He should have been put in jail after what damage and destruction he caused to that family. No life is worth psychological
At the age of thirteen, his parents told him the truth about his sexuality. He decided to transition from Brenda, a little girl, to David, a teenager boy. Dr. Money was a terrible doctor, who firmly believed by overriding nature, a boy could be raised a girl. In one of David’s last lines in the movie he clearly says how nature cannot override nurture, and there needs to be an equal balance. In my opinion, this was a despicable act of greed and fame. Dr. Money only published the positive outcomes of the process. He never mentioned how disastrous it turned out. He should have been put in jail after what damage and destruction he caused to that family. No life is worth psychological