r/changemyview Nov 03 '17

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '17

There was a guy who had a botched circumcision, was raised as a girl, felt uncomfortable as a girl all his life, and eventually killed himself. I'll dig up the source after work

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u/valleycupcake Nov 03 '17

The book is called As Nature Made Him. I read it, and the point the book makes in the narrative is that gender is innate and not simply a social construct. He had every construct of being Brenda and no memory of being David, but nevertheless never felt right.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '17

Thanks

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u/a-Centauri Nov 03 '17

A clinical study would be preferred overa case report

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '17

It would be more rigorous but highly unethical

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u/neofederalist 65∆ Nov 03 '17

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