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Dr. John money was instrumental in the early research of gender identity. He was credited for coining the term gender identity “to describe a person’s inner sense of himself or herself as male or female.” He disagreed with the previous school of thought that gender was determined solely by biology. He argued that infants are born a blank slate and a parent could be able to decide their babies’ gender. In Money’s opinion, if the parent confidently raised their child as the opposite sex, the child would believe that they were born that sex and act accordingly. Money believed that nurture could override nature.

Most did not dare to argue against Money’s theory. Milton Diamond was a scientist who was one of the few to openly disagree with him and oppose his argument. Diamond had contributed to research involving pregnant rats that showed hormones played a major role in the behavior of different sexes. The researchers in the lab would inject the pregnant rat with testosterone, which would then find its way to the baby’s blood stream. The females that were born had genitalia that looked like male genitalia. The females in the litter also behaved like male rats and would even try to mount other female rats, proving that biology played a major role in animal behavior.

gender identity could be interesting. I could add to the topic of nature VS nurture. Possibly the story of when Dr. John Money unsuccessfully argued with twins Bruce and Brian

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Donna A. McGill. (2001). The American Biology Teacher, 63(6), 453-453. doi:10.2307/4451158

https://sites.psu.edu/evolutionofhumansexuality/2014/04/07/gender-identity-nature-vs-nurture/

https://www.documentarystorm.com/dr-money-and-the-boy-with-no-penis/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/dr_money_prog_summary.shtml