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This needs to be said
I can’t help but wonder if menopause was treated like a rite of passage, an honour, a source of wisdom and power if we would be experiencing menopause in the same way?
Is the way women are being treated, controlled and made to fit into moulds not made for them a key factor?
Not every place treats women in midlife like they are past it, talks of anti aging and fixates on her outward image. Not every culture buys into this. Nor every culture sends elders to old age people’s homes.
A women is either too young or too old, never just right. And in archetypical patriarchal systems women are possessions. We see command and control, we see cohesive behaviours around money, sex and power.
Time to shift
I can’t help but wonder how we arrived here. How menopause became a story of decline instead of a source of power.
Menopause arrives in a culture that has already taught us to fear ageing. We’re told our value lives in our appearance, productivity, fertility and ability to stay unchanged.
So we push through, ignore the signs of time and treat transition as something to survive. Read more.
Words create reality
Words Create Women’s Reality. The language we use about women’s bodies is not neutral. It shapes diagnosis. It shapes treatment. It shapes how women see themselves.
Often, that language is rooted in outdated, male-centred models of health and power. I’ve had a lifetime of being told my body was “too much” – and “not enough.” Read more here.