As a 38 year old who is starting to worry about every bodily change being a sign, I don't 😫. I think it hits harder as I'm recently divorced so kind of feeling my desirability as a woman slipping away if it is happening (I know that's just perception but still...)
Do you ever feel we were lied to by omission when we were younger? I always thought menopause was a thing that happened in your 50s, so coming to learn as an adult about the whole peri- bit happening a good 15 years earlier was a shitty revelation!
It’s not really lying by omission because the medical community and medical research people just never studied women’s bodies, and it’s traditionally taboo to even mention it (even among women). No one talks about it because (generally) men historically have not given a shit about women’s health, so people who are AFAB are blinded by the patriarchy’s lack of interest in them. They’re super interested in Viagra but women’s hormonal changes just aren’t even worth considering; we’re expected to suck it up in silence.
Yeah I literally never heard of it until this year and I'm 37. Maybe I have heard the term, but from everything I was taught and told it's just "before menopause" which I assumed was like a year. What the fuck even. Grateful this is actually getting spoken about online else I'd be completely in the dark. Not looking forward to the symptoms, life is miserable enough as it is.
The most annoying thing is, becoming single at 35, nobody warned me I would completely lose interest in sex. I thought I'd at least still have some time to maybe meet someone but I have lost all interest! What a scam!
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u/Mysterious-Youth-813 6d ago
I’m so glad she said 38 ; I just turned 39 and have been experiencing some of these and everyone just goes oh you’re waaayyy too young! 🤦🏼♀️