The Story of a Boy Without a Penis

People are not designed to be working against its nature. I always believe that people gender roles are determined and justified by their biological reasons; that their hormones determined how their personalities would be. However, as I read this article, I am exposed to the ideas that genders are not determined by hormones, because “Joan” received hormone treatments, which should have completed the transformation – from a boy to a girl. It is mentioned in the article that “sexual identity exists in a kind of continuum and that nurture is more important than nature in determining gender roles.” Although I disagree to that, but it does make sense since Joan did not response to the treatments as expected, and her personalities are tomboyish. I found it very surprising that “John” – the former “Joan”— turns out to have a tomboyish personality. “She” received the hormones treatments and everyone treated her as though Joan is actually a girl. How would is be possible that she has a male personality. To tell you the truth, I am still pretty confused of what pushes Joan to have those tomboyish personalities.