menopausal

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• 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.