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

4.0

Currently enrolled as a doctoral student at Johns Hopkins, and going through the IRB process for my dissertation research, so the Hopkins connection was personally interesting. Also, my summer course is Multicultural Education, a quite relevant framework for reflecting as I read this book. Fascinating case study of an elective sex change in a child and the subsequent emotional, physical, and social issues that arose. While the author does not totally discount the influence of nurture on individuals, the book makes a clear case for nature as the foundation of gender identity.