{"product_id":"as-nature-made-him-the-boy-who-was-raised-as-a-girl","title":"As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“We should aspire to Colapinto's stellar journalist example: listening carefully to the circumstances of those who are different rather than demanding that they conform to our own.” —\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe true story about the \"twins case\" and a riveting exploration of medical arrogance, misguided science, societal confusion, gender differences, and one man's ultimate triumph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1967, after a twin baby boy suffered a botched circumcision, his family agreed to a radical treatment that would alter his gender. The case would become one of the most famous in modern medicine—and a total failure. The boy's uninjured brother, raised as a boy, provided to the experiment the perfect matched control. \u003ci\u003eAs Nature Made Him\u003c\/i\u003e tells the extraordinary story of David Reimer, who, when finally informed of his medical history, made the decision to live as a male.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting with uncommon intelligence, insight, and compassion, John Colapinto sets the historical and medical context for the case, exposing the thirty-year-long scientific feud between Dr. John Money and his fellow sex researcher, Dr. Milton Diamond—a rivalry over the nature\/nurture debate whose very bitterness finally brought the truth to light. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA macabre tale of medical arrogance, it is first and foremost a human drama of one man's—and one family's—amazing survival in the face of terrible odds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis landmark work of investigative journalism reveals:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Landmark Medical Experiment:\u003c\/b\u003e How a botched circumcision on an infant boy led Dr. John Money of Johns Hopkins to attempt the first-ever sex reassignment on a developmentally normal child.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Ultimate Test of Nature vs. Nurture:\u003c\/b\u003e With his identical twin brother providing a perfect genetic control, David Reimer’s case provided a unique, real-world battleground for one of science’s oldest debates.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Question of Medical Ethics:\u003c\/b\u003e An unflinching look at a thirty-year scientific feud, the suppression of inconvenient data, and the devastating human cost of a failed theory.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Boy Who Knew:\u003c\/b\u003e The powerful and triumphant story of David Reimer’s lifelong struggle, his refusal to accept an identity that felt wrong, and his courageous decision to reclaim his life as a male.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Colapinto","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":51671016276274,"sku":"9780061120565","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/7934\/0850\/files\/9780061120565.jpg?v=1787959999","url":"https:\/\/53rdstreetbooks.com\/products\/as-nature-made-him-the-boy-who-was-raised-as-a-girl","provider":"53rd Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}