A man pretending to be a woman
David Reimer arguably has one of the most famous, if not the most famous, medical history known. When he was a baby, a doctor used an electrocautery instrument to circumcise him, rather than a standard surgical blade, and ended up literally burning David's private parts off. David's parents - barely out of their teens themselves - acted on the advice of doctors and had David undergo sex-reassignment surgery, because they were probably told that this would be easier than it would be to... Sign in to see full entry.