as nature made him

As Nature Made him is a heart-wrenching story of a young boy who's life was ruined because one mistake. Dr. John Money graduated Harvard and was a sexual psychiatrist who specialized in the biology of gender. Money wanted to prove that gender identity was nurtured rather than innate. He was a psychologist who was developing a reputation in the field of sexual development and gender identity and he based his workon Intersex patients.

Dr. Money wrote many different books and professional essays, one of the most important cases were the Twins case. Bruce and his twin Brian who were six months old when they were diagnosed with Phimosis, because of how they both urinated. At the age of seven months they were referred for circumcision, the procedure did not go as doctors had planned and Bruce's penis was burned beyond surgical repair. The doctors decided not operate on Brian whose phimosis soon went away without surgical intervention. The twins parents, Janet and Ron, were concerned about their son's future without a penis so they took him to John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore to see Dr. John Money. Money seeing this situation as an opportunity to prove his theory right took advantage of the confused parents. Dr. Money told Jon and Janet that he believed that a penis could not be replaced but that a functional vagina could be put surgically, claiming that Bruce would be more likely to achieve successful sexual maturation as a girl rather han as a boy. The parents thinking that this is the best thing they could do for their son agreed to this. Bruce was now reassigned to be raised as a female and was given the name Brenda.

Brenda suffered a lot as a child, she was always bullied in school and always f...

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The title “As nature made him” makes the point of this story clear, Nature made David a male and by making him a girl they changed his nature and thought that he could be nurtured into a girl. This is where Nature Vs Nurture comes in, is your behavior more influenced by genetics or environmental influences? Are our personality traits inborn, or are we intelligent, deviant, sensitive, creative, or any other of our little "uniquenesses" because of the way we were raised? 
Is your personality the result of traits you inherited or has it been shaped by your life experiences? David was born a male and no matter how much his parents and doctors tried to convince him that he is a girl he still rebelled and acted like a boy. Which brings up the question, If the sex reassignment of Brenda Reimer had been successful, would the book have been titled, "As Nurture Made Her"?