Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl by John Colapinto

3 reviews

overduck's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

5.0

Wonderful book. The author did an amazing job of respectfully recounting the events and informing the reader in a way that was interesting. I learned a lot, and I felt a lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Infertility, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Sexual content

creativerunnings's review against another edition

dark informative fast-paced

5.0

This was a very captivating read. I'm surprised this book isn't more popular. The book describes the tragedy that befell David Reimer. A surgical accident during his circumcision as a baby resulted in a recommendation to raise him as a girl - mostly, it appears, to satisfy the drive of a disturbed physician scientist, Dr. Money, to experiment with the age old nurture vs nature debate. What ensued was gender dysphoria that lasted years and decades, causing much pain to the child individually and family dysfunction overall. 

It makes me so happy that we've made progress as a society - mostly, that we've learned that gender identity is fluid and personal, and that we don't just blindly listen to icky doctors anymore.

An engrossing read that was well researched and impossible to put down. Thank you John Colapinto for this unbelievable work of nonfiction!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Body horror, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Deadnaming, Body shaming, Mental illness, Bullying, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, and Addiction

rachel_rat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse