David Reimer’s Traumatic Story

This next story is also based on body modification, only more extreme and involuntary. It is about David Reimer, who was born a male, but medical complications and negligence meant he would encounter significant problems in the future.

His parents sought a remedy to change his situation and became victims of a deception where they hoped to find solace. The doctor who was supposed to help them saw the opportunity to use him as a guinea pig for his experiment. This saw Reimer being raised as a girl to prove the doctor’s theory on how society influences personal identities. Let’s see how everything turned out.