Summary of Jennifer Gunter's The Menopause Manifesto

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 Menopause is a transition from one biological phase of ovarian function to another, but it is shrouded in secrecy. It is no more a disease than being a man is a disease.

#2 The menopause is the period of time leading up to the final menstrual period, which marks menopause. It is when there are no more follicles in the ovaries capable of ovulating, meaning there are no more eggs.

#3 The treatment of menopause is also lacking in knowledge among women. They are often dismissed as being fabricated, unimportant, or just part of being a woman.

#4 Menopause is the period in which a woman’s body goes through a series of hormonal fluctuations that can cause a variety of symptoms. It’s important for women to know all their options so they can choose if they want treatment or not.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669356622

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#1

Menopause is a transition from one biological phase of ovarian function to another, but it is shrouded in secrecy. It is no more a disease than being a man is a disease.

#2

The menopause is the period of time leading up to the final menstrual period, which marks menopause. It is when there are no more follicles in the ovaries capable of ovulating, meaning there are no more eggs.

#3

The treatment of menopause is also lacking in knowledge among women. They are often dismissed as being fabricated, unimportant, or just part of being a woman.

#4

Menopause is the period in which a woman’s body goes through a series of hormonal fluctuations that can cause a variety of symptoms. It’s important for women to know all their options so they can choose if they want treatment or not.

#5

The menopause transition can cause sleep issues, and these issues can be age-related or due to a medical condition. It is important to consider all the contributing factors and how they may be interrelated before assuming a symptom that develops during the menopause transition is hormonally related.

#6

Menopause is a transition from one phase of ovarian function to another. It is essentially puberty in reverse, with hormonal changes that may lead to distressing symptoms and health concerns for many women.

#7

The first mention of symptoms associated with menopause in Western medical literature was in 1582, written by Dr. Jean Liébault, a French physician. He described petites rougers or small reds, which today we would call hot flushes.

#8

The first formal dissertation on menopause was written in 1710. It was called the Final Menstruation, Beginnings of Disease. The Ladies Physical Directory, first published in 1716, had multiple printings by 1727.

#9

The term hot flushes was acceptable until I started experiencing them. To me, a flush is in your cheeks, and while my face feels hot, it’s not just my cheeks. Menopause was viewed as just another female fault by Western medicine, and something to fear.

#10

Dr. Fothergill’s paper was translated into several languages and began to attract attention. It was also a shift in general attitudes toward aging, as people began to realize that women in menopause were not necessarily doomed, just different.

#11

The word ménopause, which was coined by Dr. De Gardanne in 1812, was meant to be a portmanteau of two Greek words, μήνας or mois in French, and παῦσις or cessation in French. It was meant to be taken from παύω, which he translated as je finis or je cesse in English.

#12

The term menopause was not introduced until 1871, and it was not well received by doctors and patients. It was used interchangeably with climacteric to describe the time around the final menstrual period and the years afterward.

#13

The term menopause supplanted climacteric as the go-to term in the United States by the 1960s. Hormones had been prescribed for more than thirty years, but they were messy, expensive affairs that typically required injections.

#14

The word menopause is not suitable for use in most languages, as it is derived from the Latin word for shame, pudor. Many cultures manage just fine without the word menopause.

#15

The term menopause was invented by a man who felt