David Reimer Suicide

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I think that David Reimer committed suicide due to role stress from being nurtured (raised) as a girl from the time he was born. Furthermore, the impact from the socialization agent- family plays a measurable amount in this case. The overall impact/convincement from parents is what you see in the mirror. David Reimer based his thoughts on what his family said and he believed it. With that being said, David’s self-esteem was consumed with playing with feminine toys, dressing up, baking, and getting pampered as a child. As stated in the socialization agent above, when David’s parents told David (aka Brenda) he was a girl, he believed it. Due to family, I believe this can play a traumatic factor in the idea of nature vs. nurture. In this particular case, the doctor and parents believed that nurture (also known as the upbringing/raising) of a child determines the sex. When David Reimer started feeling masculine traits/qualities his “Self-Image” started to feel abnormal since he was believed to be a girl. To back up this idea, Kohlberg’s theory states that, “In ages 0-13 is when the basics of personality/self-starts to form; however, when you are told one thing and emotionally/physically feel different dysfunction can occur in that individual. …show more content…

David’s ascribed roles (things that are already decided) such as being birthed a boy (gender) is an ascribed role. Furthermore, he was a white male in a regular

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