Hopefully the current kind guidelines will change perceptions and halt the tyranny of shame and silence surrounding the menopauseAddressing a professional women’s networking event recently,it only took one word to reduce the excitable and cocktail-lubricated room to silence. The lethal word I dropped was “menopause”; controversially referring to a sorority of which many in the room were reluctant members.
The word menopause must rank as one of the most feared in the English language, whispered only behind closed doors to trusted companions, or preferably medically trained,and conjuring visions of sweat-soaked sheets and tragic attempts to appear youthful.
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Source: theguardian.com