After years of criticism from the medical community, the authors of a scientific study that aimed to measure the “attractiveness” of women with endometriosis have requested that the study’s findings be retracted
Photo: Mariakray/Getty Images/iStockphoto from the medical journal that first published them in 2013.
The women who took part in the study did not know or consent to having their appearance rated by the scientists when they signed up. In their medical consultations, the study’s authors measured each woman’s body mass index, as well as their waist-to-hip ratio and breast-to-underbreast ratio, and asked the subjects about their sexual histories. Researchers also selected only white women for participation in the study.
“When I first read the study and saw it was by Vercellini, I thought I must be reading it wrong, since he is such a powerful and respected endometriosis specialist,” Freedman said. “But it would appear that time, money and energy has been put into a study trying to draw a connection between rectovaginal endometriosis and the way a woman looks, from the perspective of others.”
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