Janet Reimer Research Paper

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Sex Unknown In august 1965. In a small Canadian town of Winnipeg, Janet Reimer's lifelong dream comes true as she gives birth to identical twin sons, Bruce and Brian. “When I was a little girl I used to dream about having twins, and I always thought I would never be luck enough to have twins, I wasn’t the lucky kind. And I had twins” – Janet Reimer’s. Within eight months, both boys started having trouble urinating. To relieved the problem the doctors suggested circumcision. On April 27 1966, Janet drops her twins off at the local hospital in Winnipeg. Circumcision was a straight forward procedure and she expected to pick up her boys the next day, but early the following morning she got a call from the hospital. They tell her that an accident has happened with Bruce’s penis. “... I thought they were going to use a knife”. (Poor woman, she thought... Are serious? What kind of mother doesn’t ask what procedure they going to use?! I said everything is her fault, but anyways). Inexplicable the physician…show more content…
David Reimer underwent four rounds of reconstructive surgery to physically make him a man again. The surgery enabled him to enjoy a normal sex life, but he was unable to father children. "I'm not going to cry a river of tears over that, because I've got three great kids. I've got a wonderful wife. I've got a good home," he told CBC News in the wake of the release of the book. Recently, David Reimer's life had taken another turn. David Reimer killed himself in 2004 at the age of 38 after he lost his job and was separated from his wife. His mother said he was still grieving the death two years ago of his twin brother. If not for John Money's experiment and the moronic doctor who destroyed his penis, he would have been able to live a normal happy life. Works Cited

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