Shake off the Shackles

Even though doctors no longer thought menopausal women were murderous lizard people, cultural ideas about them did not improve.

While part of it is just the wisdom that comes with age, many women feel that once they are through the menopause transition, they don’t have to make themselves appealing to the world. As Dr. Hutner put it: “I feel liberated because I’m not trying to take care of everyone else or correspond to anyone’s societal view. I have been able to shake off the shackles.”