Endometriosis, Menopause and the Patriarchy

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• About our guest

Today we have Kathleen King on the Pod. She is a senior medical laboratory scientist and has been working with organisations who address challenges for people experiencing Endometriosis and Adenomyosis since 1997. Currently she is an independent Endometriosis and Adenomyosis advocate. Kathleen also hosts the podcast DEARG. She is the founder of MISE (Menstrual Information, Specialising in Endometriosis) a schools programme that launched in Donegal in March 2024. She is a wealth of knowledge and I am so grateful that I got to sit down and have this chat with her.

• Themes from today's episode

What is Endometriosis and Adenomyosis
The Patriarchy and women's health
Peri-menopause and Menopause
Challenges with Research
Pain is subjective
Being dismissed and not being believed by medical professionals
Justice sensitivity
Kathleens research
The dangers of misinformation
Snake oil salesmen
Intersectionality
Misconceptions
Fighting for medical care
Dr Síobhan Keller
What changes are needed

• Where to find Kathleen

Instagram
Spotify - DEARG podcast
LinkedIn
Resources
Endometriosis Association of Ireland
References
A part of being a woman, really : Menopause at work as “dirty” femininity
Endometriosis on the Internet – Myths or Facts?
Intersectionality and diagnosis
Health misinformation online
How Women with Endometriosis Experience Health Care Encounters
Justice sensitivity
Living with Endometriosis (Kathleen's research)
OnaWave Medical
Producing co‐production: Reflections on the development of a complex intervention
Recurrence of endometriosis after hysterectomy
Recurrence Patterns after Surgery in Patients with Different Endometriosis Subtypes
Systemic recurrence of endometrial cancer
Sitting on the side-lines of my own life (Kathleen's research)
Subjective Experience of Dyspareunia in Women with Endometriosis
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