The study later got retracted due to backlash but the fact that it happened at all if fucking baffling.
Don’t forget this study that instead of studying the causes or cures for endo studied the mental effects of the men in a relationship with someone who has endo.
The fact that the premise was proposed at all makes me think someone noticed a correlation and wanted to assess whether there was causation. As proving that could ultimately help with fixing the problem.
Maybe they discover that the “attractive” group largely consisted of subjects with any of traits A, B or C, and what do you know, there’s a very high correlation between trait A and endometriosis.
Maybe some years later it’s discovered that trait A and endometriosis have a common cause, some specific gene perhaps. That would be key for fixing the problem.
I’ll save you the click as someone with many medical issues myself. The answer requires only surface level thinking: if I’m too depressed, sick, or otherwise impaired, I will have less energy to take care of myself. Pretty easy to conclude that. You know where that money could be better spent? Helping solve the problems causing the issue. The reason these studies exist is to justify ableism. The people conducting and funding this research want an excuse to validate their belief that people with disabilities are unattractive. The real-world value of this research doesn’t extend beyond that ableist justification.