Menopause Is Having A Moment

The New York Times:

Thirty-five years ago, television viewers were shocked by a landmark episode of "All in the Family" when the normally meek Edith Bunker wreaked havoc on everyone around her because of a condition then delicately referred to as "the change of life." But these days, among people of a certain age, references to menopause are just as likely to be batted across a dinner table as comments about the bouquet of the merlot....More than that, though, many women are flaunting their menopausal symptoms. If they are not erupting in the literal heat of the moment, they are flinging wisecracks, adopting a single-sex argot comprised of wry, offhanded quips and punctuated by knowing winks and nudges.

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