Thanks for the tip, Stephen.  This is very serendipitous as we're
currently talking about motivation for sexual behavior in my Intro
classes.  We're just getting ready to discuss gender identity, gender
roles, and sexual orientation.  As you might imagine, it's a very
engaging topic for many of my students.

Rod

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-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Black [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 9:58 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: TV alert: John/Joan case


The acclaimed US science TV series Nova (which often uses the
productions of its British (BBC) counterpart, whose name escapes
me) is presenting a programme on the extraordinary John/Joan case.

For those who haven't heard about it, this is the case of the Canadian
MZ twin boy who suffered extensive damage to his penis while an infant.
Following the advice of the great sexologist John Money, he was raised
as a girl, with ultimately disastrous consequences. The programme should
have lots of interesting stuff relating to sex, sexual identity, and
even the ethics of sex reassignment.  Don't miss it!

On at 8:00 pm today, Tuesday, October 30 on US public TV.

Some great references:

Colapinto, J. (1997). The true story of John/Joan. Rolling Stone,
  December 11.

Colapinto, J. (2000). As nature made him: the boy who was raised
  as a girl. HarperCollins.

Diamond, M., & Sigmundson, H. (1997). Sex reassignment at birth:
   Long-term review and clinical implciations. Archives of
   Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 151, 298-304.

-Stephen

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