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Bruce was one of two typical twin male babies. Only a few months old, both babies were scheduled to be circumcised over a (most likely phony) diagnosis of [[phimosis]]. Bruce's penis was burned in the procedure, and his brother Brian was not circumcised. Brian's supposed phimosis cleared on its own in a few months. Psychologist John Money recommended raising Bruce as a girl and never telling her the truth. Money had his own agenda; he had the theory that gender was learned by nurture, and this was the ideology that sustained the reassignment of intersex babies, but there were no solid studies proving this theory. The Reimer brothers were a perfect case study for Money: one baby to be reassigned and a twin unharmed brother to act as a control. If both babies could be raised on their different genders and grow to be balanced and happy members of society, the theory would be validated. Money often reported this case, calling it the '''John/Joan case ''' for privacy.