The History of Transgender Research by John Money
Long a dark secret of academia, Dr. John Money was an influential intellectual who pioneered the gender theories that are currently cited as the basis for identity politics. One example of Dr. Money’s research is the story of a child who was raised as a girl (even though he was born a male) under his instruction. Dr. Money theorized that “gender is just a social construct,” and if the boy’s parents raised him as a girl, he would grow up and be a normal, mentally healthy girl.
The story didn’t end well for the child. The boy always thought he was a boy, even when he wore the dresses his parents bought him, until finally, the decades of abuse caught up and he committed suicide. Before identity politics took off in the culture, cross-dressing was traditionally known as a sexual fetish, so just imagine an innocent child made to cross-dress under the direction of an “expert.” The normalization of child sexual abuse is perhaps one of the best kept open secrets in the halls of academia.
John William Money (8 July 1921 – 7 July 2006) was a New Zealand psychologist, sexologist and author known for his research into sexual identity and biology of gender. He was one of the first researchers to publish theories on the influence of societal constructs of gender on individual formation of gender identity.
#Money introduced the terms #gender role and sexual #orientation and popularised the terms #genderidentity and paraphilia.
Working with endocrinologist Claude Migeon, Money established the Johns Hopkins Gender Identity Clinic, the first clinic in the United States to perform #sexual reassignment surgeries on both infants and adults.
He spent a considerable amount of his career in the United States.
A 1997 academic study criticised Money's work in many respects, particularly in regard to the involuntary sex-reassignment of the child David Reimer, and Money's abuse of Reimer and his brother when they were children.
Some of Money's "#therapy" sessions involved Money forcing the two children to perform #sexual activities with each other, which Money then #photographed, "for #research".
David Reimer lived a troubled life, eventually committing #suicide at 38; his brother died of an overdose at age 36.
Money's writing has been translated into many languages and includes around 2,000 articles, books, chapters and reviews.
He received around 65 honours, awards and degrees in his lifetime.
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