Menopause approaches. About bloody time, too

'Oh no, you're not going to write your first column for The Irish Times about the bloody menopause, are you?" Despite the oxymoronic phrase "bloody menopause" (it's one I shall use again) the tone of the question made the message clear: I'd find more fans if I wrot...

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Published inThe Irish times
Main Author Hunt, Carol
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dublin The Irish Times Ltd 20.06.2017
Subjects
Hormone replacement therapy
Menopause
Ireland
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Summary:'Oh no, you're not going to write your first column for The Irish Times about the bloody menopause, are you?" Despite the oxymoronic phrase "bloody menopause" (it's one I shall use again) the tone of the question made the message clear: I'd find more fans if I wrote a piece confessing I was sexually attracted to Donal Trump. [...]in the case of menopause, even worse - a dried up, unsexy, social outcast. [...]no matter what some people may think, I'll still be human on the other side of the menopause; even though I'm supposed to feel sad and empty and less than female. Or maybe because I'm now realising that all that stuff they tell you about the menopause being the worst event that happens to a woman in life, bar none, is absolute bollocks. A recent peer-reviewed study, published in Current Biology , showed postmenopausal whales become leaders of...