John Money

…introduced in 1966 by sexologist John Money. Money prescribed a drug known as medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) to sex offenders to reduce paraphilic behavior (potentially dangerous or violent sexual desires). Some 30 years later, in 1996, California included chemical castration as a punishment for persons convicted of sexual abuse of minors.…

…by New Zealand American sexologist John Money, first appearing in print in 1955. Money defined it as “all those things that a person says or does to disclose himself or herself as having the status of boy or man, girl or woman.” Although the term wasn’t defined until 1955, men…

For example, American psychologist John Money considered the social environment to be of overriding importance in gender identity. In treating children whose sex was ambiguous at birth, such as those with underdeveloped genitalia, he recommended that they be raised according to the parents’ initial perceptions of the child’s gender…