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The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism
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Author:
Jen Gunter
Publisher:
Citadel
Date:
May 25, 2021
The only thing predictable about menopause is its unpredictability. Factor in widespread misinformation, a lack of research, and the culture of shame around women's bodies, and it's no wonder women are unsure what to expect during the menopause transition and beyond. Menopause is not a disease--it's a planned change, like puberty. And just like puberty, we should be educated on what's to come years in advance, rather than the current practice of leaving people on their own with bothersome symptoms and too much conflicting information. Knowing what is happening, why, and what to do about it is both empowering and reassuring. Dr. Jen debunks misogynistic attitudes and challenges the over-mystification of menopause to reveal everything you really need to know.
What The Reviewers Say
The Menopause Manifesto presents a detailed and intelligent discussion of the biological processes that women experience during their lives. Women reading this book will be reminded they are more than the sum of their parts. The value women bring to the human species neither begins nor ends with their reproductive abilities.
Through a combination of personal anecdotes, hard science, and medical advice, [Gunter] breaks menopause down into its component parts, robbing it of its shame and secrecy.
I didn’t expect this book to make me cry, but it did.
Gunter’s new book, The Menopause Manifesto, comes on the 200th anniversary of the introduction of the term by a French physician. It says a lot about how ill-informed we are and how desperately the book is needed that menopause is still treated like an embarrassing disease or a sitcom punchline rather than a natural transition in a person’s life.
