A closer look
In what might be the darkest chapter of modern psychology, John Money convinced parents of a baby boy with a botched circumcision to raise him as a girl. Money used the case to boast that gender was purely a social construct, publishing glowing reports of success. In reality, the child, David Reimer, was deeply traumatized, rejected the female identity entirely, and ultimately took his own life. A horrifying reminder of what happens when academics prioritize their theories over human lives.
