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[[File:JohnMoney.jpg|thumb|John Money]]
The late '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', {{PhD}}, ({{LifeData |birth=1921-07-08 |birthplace= Morrinsville |birthcountry= [[New Zealand]] |death=2006-07-07|deathplace=Towson, {{USSC|MA}} |deathcountry=[[USA]]}}), was a [[New Zealand]] born psychologist, sexologist and author who was a member of the faculty of {{UNI|Johns Hopkins University|JHU}}.
Dr. Money was a prolific writer. He published several books and numerous articles in the medical literature. PubMed takes 23 pages to list his articles.
==Circumcision tragedy==
[[David Reimer|Bruce Peter Reimer ]] was one of two healthy identical twin boys born in Winnipeg, MB, [[Canada]] on 22 August 1965. His twin brother was Brian Reimer.
Although it has long been known that boys are born with the inner prepuce fused with the underlying [[glans penis]] by a [[synechia]] and is non-retractable for an extended period,<ref name="deibart1933">{{REFjournal
Bruce/Brenda was given estrogen to induce breast growth.
When Bruce/Brenda was 13, he rebelled and refused to see Dr. Money again, which effectively ended Dr. Money's treatment. Both Bruce/Bnenda Brenda and Brian Reimer reported feeling traumatized by Dr. Money's treatment.
==The aftermath==
Brian Reimer died of a drug overdose at age 36.
[[David Reimer ]] committed suicide at age 38.
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