What if We Didn't Dread Menopause?

There is a bleak and misogynist history of how medicine has treated menopause, but what if we “stop talking about menopause as though there’s something wrong with it?”

“Let’s stop talking about menopause as though there’s something wrong with it. Menopause isn’t just a collection of symptoms or a pathological condition. It’s a transition to a phase of life that has been critical to human success — one that should be valued and respected, not approached with dread.”

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