The of David Reimer started off as a shock. When David was first born he was given a simple surgery of a circumcision but what happened next change the rest of his life. David's penis was burned off. David sex at first was considered male but afterwards his biological reproductive organs seemed to be of female. Although Davids sex seemed to be female, his gender or the way in which he thinks is male. While growing up David or originally named Bruce, was raised as a little girl named Brenda. Through this time until the age of fourteen, Brenda's gender expression and gender identity was female. As Brenda became older her male brain began to show and Dr. Money began to fight the natural take over of the brain. Dr. Money then caused the issue of Intersex, this is where a person's in sexuality and gender is in between male and female or known as a hermaphrodite. After one last strong attempt by Dr. Money to get Brenda to get a surgery to create female reproductive organs, Brenda said she will never see Dr. Money again. This is when Brenda's parents told her the truth that she was a boy. At this moment Brenda came out and accepted that she was a man. Thus introducing David, her changed name. David got a surgery and had a penis constructed and he became a man and grew up as a man. David's sexual orientation was always a straight male do to his gender and mind set of a straight male. In the end David was put through constant struggle and confusion do to Dr. Money's experiments and in the end David developed brain problems and was easily tempered and quick to be emotional. David proved that nature will always overcome nurture.
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