This was also the reason for the decision for David Reimer where after a botched circumcision maimed his penis, they decided that it was better to cut off all the genitalia and socialize the kid as female instead of letting him just live with a fraction of a penis.
There was a big-shot doctor behind it all who convinced the parents to go through with it. By many accounts he was a major creep, and also interfered with the science to support what he believed- that gender identity was fully malleable under the postnatal environment, and that it was largely influenced by examination of one's own body.
This was also the reason for the decision for David Reimer where after a botched circumcision maimed his penis, they decided that it was better to cut off all the genitalia and socialize the kid as female instead of letting him just live with a fraction of a penis.
Holy shit no no no :trans-dagger:
There was a big-shot doctor behind it all who convinced the parents to go through with it. By many accounts he was a major creep, and also interfered with the science to support what he believed- that gender identity was fully malleable under the postnatal environment, and that it was largely influenced by examination of one's own body.