The Change: Women, Aging and the Menopause
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.37 (666 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0449908534 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 422 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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A revelation So many books with menopause deal with it on the most condescending and superficial level, telling women nothing is really happening to them, except physical discomfort such as hot flashes, etc. In other words, shut up and stop the fuss. Greer validated for me what a cataclysm this i. honest book This explains how powerful women can be during the aging process and menopause which is inspiring. Suddenly we can look at life in a positive instead of negative way as we get older. She writes of this feeling being stronger than any love affair. I don't see the necessity for such co. Aging Into A Joyous Relationship With Self Greer's international take on the medicalization of menopause distinguishes her book from others. What is considered state of the art in Britain, France, Australia, and the United States is somewhat different from country to country. Drugs and treatments available in one country are
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. Skeptical of hormone replacement therapy, which she views as a boon to the pharmaceutical industry, Greer asserts that the "climacteric syndrome," marked by depression, fatigue and irritability, is treatable by holistic medicine. In a wise, witty and inspiring book, she rebukes doctors, psychiatrists--and women themselves--who blame the aging female for her menopausal distress. From Publishers Weekly Menopause, Greer believes, should be a time of stock-taking, of spiritual as well as physical change, when the middle-aged woman
She has gone back into history, read textbooks, explored novels and poems, and has written a wholly extraordinary account of women and their changes in life.. "A brilliant, gutsy, exhilarating, exasperating fury of a book."THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWIn this compulsively readable, fascinating account of menopause, renowned feminist and author Germaine Greer gives us so much more than the medical facts