07-15-2011, 09:11 PM
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Senior Member
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sassy_girl
One of the most amazing real life stories ever. "As Nature Made Him, by John Colapinto. I HIGHLY recommend this book.
http://www.book-club-queen.com/as-na...colapinto.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reimer
A baby boy who's botched circumcision left him without a penis and under advice of a doctor, raised him as a girl. He is a real life hero. Tragically he committed suicide at 38, two years after his twin also committed suicide, and after the book was written. This was a huge lesson in gender assignment taking place in the brain not in the genitals.
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I will second this
excellent book
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