David Reimer

David Reimer, given the name Bruce Reimer, was a man of Canadian origin born physically male. Reimer, together with his twin had urinating issues that led to his family seeking medical intervention. A case that saw Reimer's family re-sought to circumcise the boys at a tender age of seven months. David Reimer's circumcision went wrong and led to David's genitalia being burned beyond recognition. Therefore, David Reimer had to grow without having a penis (Koch, 2017). The family was bothered with the child's development and opted for a gender identity and sexual development intervention. A medical move in which Reimer's parents had to weigh their options carefully. The medical physicians believed that following Reimer's condition, it could be easier to operate with a functional constructed vagina than a penis which could not be surgically constructed. Further consultation proved that Reiner could easily achieve a functional sexual maturation being a girl than being a boy. As such, sex reassignment surgery would be of best interest for one of the Reimer's twins.…

Judith Butler’s claim in her essay “From Undoing Gender” is challenging, complex, and comprehensible, she provides somewhat enough evidence and analysis of David Reimer’s case to prove her claim that society uses language to set the norms of what a gender should be and how one should act in accordance with one’s gender. First, Butler’s use of David Reimer’s case, known as “the John/Joan case” ("Interview: John Colapinto”), “a boy who accidentally had his penis burned and subsequently amputated…

In arguably one of the most notable case studies in psychology history, the case of David Reimer tried to answer questions on gender identity and overrule nurture over nature in development of sex differences. However, this case highlighted the blunders of the science and medical community with the individual living a majority of his life in psychology stress. Once he found out what occurred to him when he was younger, as he put it, he realized he wasn’t crazy for how he was feeling. It could be…

Such experiences can cause people to think twice about how they are living their lives. David Reimer was brought up a girl by his parents and society. He wore dresses and had long hair. However David loved to play with his brother Brian’s toys. David was restricted mostly to the dolls and cooking items that his parents bought him but once in a while, his brother would let him play with his trucks and cars. David loved playing with them. David was part of the Girl Scouts as well but he always…

emotional, and a lot of value is placed on their looks. The question is are we genetically prewired to act on the gender that we are born or are we a product of our environment; this question brings up the concept of nature versus nurture. Being born with ambiguous genitalia allows them to fall somewhere in the middle of the gender spectrum. How does one decide what gender to raise their child? They may question if the sex that they chose was the right choice. John money proposed the idea that…

After graduating from high school, I had several options to choose from concerning my higher education. The only option that I automatically removed was medical school. Though I am a humanitarian person, and my parents were craving seeing me in a white coat, I still refused to follow this career. The reason behind my decision was that I could not stand the idea of how a single mistake I make may cost someone’s life. I am aware that doctors are human beings who commit mistakes as anyone else, but…

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.…

of disobedience. The next few books talk about the quest for the “Promised Land”. It starts with the book of Joshua where the holy war was engaged. The Israel’s need for continuing faith to the one true God was a big overall emphasis. Judges showed God’s constant rescue of his people despite their lack of keeping covenant with him. The book of Ruth takes you through the story of the loyalty to God that was found through Judges. Life in a place that REMAINED loyal to God during the time of the…

mother cries out not to kill her son and to give him to the other woman. Solomon knows this is the real mother because she would rather give her son away than kill him. However the fake mom is fine with keeping half a dead son. The Baby in this story is the kingdom. Jeroboam is the fake mother in the story because he accepted a divided kingdom.Moses and David represent the real mom who doesn’t accept half a child. Jeroboam should have refused the kingdom just like Moses and David did. Solomon’s…

Not only is David running away for his life in 1 Samuel 25, but he also has to deal with people who do not respect him and challenge his honor. The man named Nabal is just one example of someone who does not believe David has honor, which he displays and then surprisingly, his household does not act in accordance with his position. Why do Nabal’s men and wife Abigail go behind Nabal’s back to appease David, when that is the exact opposite of what Nabal does as the head of the household? The main…