"DEKALB, Ill. – Despite a $18.3 trillion federal debt, U.S. taxpayers are paying for research to determine the health effects of so-called “microaggressions” on bisexual women.
“The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between microaggressions and mental health among racially diverse bisexual women,” Wendy Bostwick, associate professor of nursing and health studies at Northern Illinois University tells the Northern Star.“I am also one of the first people to ever get an (National Institutes of Health) grant to specifically look at the mental health of bisexual identified women.”
NIH will be paying $371,538 for Bostwick to conduct the study, which will consist of analyzing 125 women from the Chicago area.
“Study participants will fill out a survey each day for 28 days. Questions will include whether they experienced microaggressions that day, as well as questions about substance abuse, moods and other life factors,” NIU Today reports.
The Northern Star describes “microaggressions” as “comments, slights or insults that are related to an aspect of someone’s identity and occur in daily life” that are related to one’s “gender, race or ethnicity.”
...According to NIU Today, “The NIH recognizes the importance of Bostwick’s work” because of the $371,538 to fund the study."
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