Madison Wiese Follow. Roughly million women live with endometriosis, a chronic disease involving the uterine lining shedding on the outside of the uterus causing immense physical and emotional pain Becker et al. One common symptom of endometriosis is dyspareunia, or painful sex Ballard et al. This study aims to uncover how gender expectations from society impact women with endometriosis specifically in sexual encounters.
To more closely explore these experiences, 90 posts from Reddit were coded and examined to identify the relationship between the script types self, partner, or relationship and the valence of physical, emotional, and relational health outcomes.
Results indicate a significant prioritization of the self script. Additionally, the relationship among the prioritized script self, partner, or relationship and the positive and negative outcomes as related to physical, emotional, and relational health is nonsignificant.
Nevertheless, the results highlight the physical, emotional, and relational barriers women face in their sexual health. Furthermore, additional analyses demonstrate a significant relationship among physical, emotional, and relational health variables as valence of health outcome shifts.
Discussion, implications, and directions for future research follow. Advanced Search. Privacy Copyright. All items in Digital Scholarship UNLV are protected by original copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Skip to main content University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Author Madison Wiese Follow. Award Date Department Communication.
