{"product_id":"books-as-nature-made-him-by-john-colapinto","title":"As Nature Made Him","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe 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. --\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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\/strong\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. \u003cem\u003eAs Nature Made Him\u003c\/em\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","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53673501196561,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780060929596.jpg?v=1781526186","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-as-nature-made-him-by-john-colapinto","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}