A Case Study by Bradley, Oliver, Chernick, and Zucker (1998)describes

question 58

Multiple Choice

A case study by Bradley, Oliver, Chernick, and Zucker (1998) describes a Canadian boy whose penis was sloughed off as a result of a burn during infancy and whose gender identity was reassigned as a girl. Long-term follow-up of this case showed

• A)conclusive support of the Nurture hypothesis, with no trace of male identity.
• B)conclusive support for the Nature Hypothesis: this individual eventually discovered the truth and lived as a man.
• C)a female gender identity was present despite several masculine tendencies.
• D)a male gender identity was present but remnants of the female gender identity were evident.

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