The Boy Without a Penis

This story of a boy who had his penis operated off during a circumstition that went wrong is a solid example of the 'big issue' that psychologists around the world are arguing about: nature vs. Nurture.
During the 1960's, people tended to believe that behaviors of human are shaped by their past experiences and how they are raised. However, the case of David Reimer changed the whole idea. His family intended to raise him up as a girl, but the hormones in David opposed. I believe that David had suffered a lot through his life mentally. He had been traumatized by the fact that he was deceived by everyone around him and was distressed when he was rejected from society during his teenage. That would probably left him with a scar that would not heal by time, resulting in a tragic ending when David decided to commit suicide after losing his jobs and being seperated with his wife when he was 38.
This has proved to the world that it is not only how a person is raised affects his/her behaviors, but it is also the biological factors; the genes and hormones, that play significant roles in determining one's behavior. This case of a boy without a penis, though ended tragically, has contributed greatly to the study of psychology and opened the eyes of many psychologists.