The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl: David Reimer

The R*pe of Nanking

In 1937, Japan invaded China's former capitol city: Nanking (Nanjing.) This was one of the most horrifying attacks to ever take place in modern history, as the soldiers went on a rampage. They tortured and murdered thousands of women and children for six weeks. This is simply harrowing. Here are the sources I used to create this episode. I urge you to carry out further research on such an upsetting atrocity, because it should be explored in more depth.  Sources: The rape of Nanking: the forgotten holocaust of World War II Chang, Iris The Nanjing Massacre in history and historiography Fogel, Joshua A. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1393426 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1393426] There’s also a fascinating documentary by the history channel which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQnBvs3LTZw&t=272s&has_verified=1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQnBvs3LTZw&t=272s&has_verified=1] https://www.jstor.org/stable/1019037 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1019037] https://www.jstor.org/stable/312552 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/312552] https://www.jstor.org/stable/2700106 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2700106]

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl: David Reimer

Today's episode will cover the life of David Reimer: the man who was forced to grow up as a girl, due to little knowledge on gender and sex. Dr John Money convinced David's parent's to raise their son as a girl. This episode explores the little education surrounding gender and sex in the 1950s, and how David's life was directly impacted by a doctor's need to experiment with nature vs. nurture.  *DISCLAIMER* I realised I mentioned Dr Money died in 2016, this was 2006. NOT 2016.