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When Brenda/Bruce was 7, Money showed him graphic photographs of a woman giving birth in an attempt to get him to agree to having a 'baby-hole' made. He also suggested strongly that he take hormone tablets in order to make him grow breasts when he was 12. Other scientists, including Dr Money's ex-students, argue that he did these things in the best possible interests for his patient - to make him believe that he was indeed a girl. '''Brenda/Bruce however felt traumatized and became suicidal.'''

When Brenda/Bruce was 7, Money showed him graphic photographs of a woman giving birth in an attempt to get him to agree to having a 'baby-hole' made. He also suggested strongly that he take hormone tablets in order to make him grow breasts when he was 12. Other scientists, including Dr Money's ex-students, argue that he did these things in the best possible interests for his patient - to make him believe that he was indeed a girl. '''Brenda/Bruce however felt traumatized and became suicidal.'''

Finally when he was 13, the family told him and Brian the truth. Brenda/Bruce was intensely relieved as she had felt she was going insane. Almost immediately he reasserted that he was a boy and called himself David. David received compensation money for the circumcision and used this to pay for surgery to have a new penis constructed. In his early twenties he married Jane Fontane, who had three children of her own.

Finally when he was 13, the family told him and Brian the truth. Brenda/Bruce was intensely relieved as he had felt he was going insane. Almost immediately he reasserted that he was a boy and called himself David. David received compensation money for the circumcision and used this to pay for surgery to have a new penis constructed. In his early twenties he married Jane Fontane, who had three children of her own.

Unfortunately, his relationship with his brother worsened. Brian had felt that David, as Brenda, had received all the attention when they were growing up; once he discovered that he was no longer the only boy in the family, he became extremely angry. To discover he had been lied to so long and so extensively was disturbing. It was the start of mental disturbance that would develop into schizophrenia. After two failed marriages, he died in 2002, possibly of a drug overdose, which may have been a suicide attempt.

Unfortunately, his relationship with his brother worsened. Brian had felt that David, as Brenda, had received all the attention when they were growing up; once he discovered that he was no longer the only boy in the family, he became extremely angry. To discover he had been lied to so long and so extensively was disturbing. It was the start of mental disturbance that would develop into schizophrenia. After two failed marriages, he died in 2002, possibly of a drug overdose, which may have been a suicide attempt.