Why Menopause Stayed Taboo

How much do you know about menopause? Though it’s as natural as puberty and affects almost everyone with a uterus, this life stage has long been a taboo subject in polite society. In recent years, though, the conversation has gotten a lot louder. 

Dr. Jen Gunter has been a leader in this conversation as an obstetrician and gynecologist with more than three decades of experience. Dr. Jen is the author of multiple bestsellers and a popular blog, and the host of the Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter podcast. In our conversation, Dr. Jen and I dig into the myths and symptoms of menopause and how this transition affects women in the workplace.

Learn more about this critical transition and its impacts in the workplace, including: 

• Why we are only recently starting to talk about this stage of life;
• Some misconceptions debunked by the facts about menopause;
• The complicated history of menopausal hormone therapy; 
• How changes in the workplace could improve this sometimes chaotic experience.

Related Links:

• The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism by Dr. Jen Gunter - https://bookshop.org/book/9780806540665
• Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation by Dr. Jen Gunter - https://bookshop.org/book/9780806540689
• The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina: Separating the Myth from the Medicine by Dr. Jen Gunter - https://bookshop.org/book/9780806539317
• The Vajenda, Dr. Jen’s blog - https://vajenda.substack.com/
• Jensplaining with Dr. Jen Gunter - https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/program/jensplaining
• The 2024 Deloitte Women @ Work Report - https://www.deloitte.com/content/dam/assets-shared/docs/collections/2024/deloitte-women-at-work-2024-a-global-outlook.pdf?dl=1
• Episode 469, Surprising Trends Impacting Women at Work - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode469
• Episode 414, New Rights for Pregnant Workers - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode414
• Dr. Jen on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/drjengunter
• Dr. Jen on X - https://twitter.com/DrJenGunter
• Dr. Jen on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DrJGunter/
• Take Action with Bossed Up - https://www.bossedup.org/takeaction
• Bossed Up Courage Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/927776673968737/
• Bossed Up LinkedIn Group - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7071888/
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