Rarely do whales leave the group—meaning post-menopausal whales can contribute to parenting their grandchildren for decades after their reproductive ability ends.
In the 1970s, people did studies on the hormones of menopausal women, but they excluded from the study any women who worked outside the home.
Around 84% of them have reportedly said menopausal symptoms are disruptive to their lives.
I read that one in 10 women want to leave the workplace because of menopausal symptoms, sothere’s still lots of work that needs to be done.
For this edition of our Confessions series, where we offer anonymity in exchange for candor, we spoke to a director at a digital marketing agency about how suffering from menopausal symptoms can affect women in the workplace.
For example, if plans cover hormones for post-menopausal women, they must also cover them for transgender women.
I mean, wait, not pre-menopausal, sorry–that’s Caroline–she was hormonal ‘cause she was pregnant.
When she was elected the first female prime minister, she was a shrill, shiny-faced, menopausal woman of 53.