In modern society femininity is equated with the ability of reproduction, sexual attractiveness, beauty and youthfulness. This contributes to social stigmatization of menopausal women which burden middle-age women in terms of social value of losing their femininity.
How women experience menopause depends largely on what our beliefs and expectations are. It is mostly an unconscious process shaped by external influences. Even though society no longer thinks that menopausal women are witches, cultural ideas about us did not improve. Attitudes to the experience of menopause mostly formed by fear and silence.
In modern society femininity is equated with the ability of reproduction, beauty and youth. This contributes to social stigmatization of menopausal women which burden women in terms of social value of losing their femininity. How women experience menopause depends largely on what our beliefs and expectations are. Even though society no longer thinks that menopausal women are witches, cultural ideas did not improve. Attitudes to the experience of menopause mostly formed by fear and silence.
