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Summary: Lovemaps: ... by John Money
Review: An exhaustive analysis of sexuality, especially paraphelia, carefully organized, not too clinical so the lay reader can appreciate. Not a self-help book but can be useful in understanding oneself.
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Summary: Dr. Money is a fraud
Review: Dr. Money (a psychologist, not a medical doctor) spent the first 30 years of his career faking a gender experiment at the cost of a boy's sanity. Despite knowledge that the subject of the experiment continued to assert himself as a boy and refused gender engineering, Dr. Money pretended that his experiment in socialization worked 100% on the subject.(...) Those that support the doctor and dismiss "As Nature Made Him" are those that have a similar bias as the "doctor" and want his falsified findings to be true. The fact that the "doctor" has refused to accept the testimony of his subject and rejected the facts that were allegedly kept from him, demonstrates that he is more interested in his theory (and the wealth that has flowed from it) than the truth.
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Summary: "As Nature Made Him" not helpful
Review: I have not yet read this book. But I had to comment that "As Nature Made Him" is singularly unhelpful as a source of understanding of Dr. Money. It tries to blame him and his "ambition" for the tragedy in the raising of a child -- a child in a different country that he could only see in person once a year. I cannot do the adequate historical research to exonerate or implicate Dr. Money or any of the other players. But "As Nature Made Him" is so heavy handed and written from such an strongly "gender is biological" standpoint, that it seems biased. Not that I blame the author. Bias is almost unavoidable because the issue is strongly political and emotional. (If research were to reveal that gender was mainly environmentally determined, gay groups (and the rest of the GLBT alliance) would have a lot of rethinking to do. However if it were determined that it has a mainly biological causation, social conservatives would have to modify their worldview -- not in the least because other "choices" would be called into question.) One more thing to mention: Read, one of the writers of the reviews referring to "As Nature Made Him" has reviewed 5 books as of this writing. 4 of those books are by John Money and one is a scholarly tribute to John Money. The "reviews" give a one star rating and solely point to "As Nature Made Him" with no reference to the books being "reviewed." I cannot take these as the statements of a person who has engaged in careful consideration. (A note on my 4 star rating: I decided to read this book based on the number of times I have seen it referenced in bibliographies ... so, I assume it has some merit -- I intend to update this review when I have actually read the book.)
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Summary: Dr. Money is a fraud
Review: Read "As Nature Made Him" by John Colapinto
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