Dr. Vonda Wright

So you may think you're getting away with something.

And maybe you don't have night sweats, brain fog.

But it doesn't mean you're not having a different physiology.

And if you are fully aware of that and make a decision that you don't want to optimize your hormones, that's your decision.

And I'm fine with that.

But what I'm not fine with is people thinking they're getting away with something when they're not.

But I think that we would be remiss in this part of the conversation, and I'll say it, I'm the orth pod, but I'm going to say it anyway.

Many men, I just talked to my husband publicly about this because we're trying to educate men, is that most men don't realize that in perimenopause, as estrogen wanes, it affects all tissues.

And there is an entity called the genitourinary syndrome of menopause, where the vagina will actually atrophy.

And all the external soft tissues that are usually used to engorging will become dry like a desert.

And Stephen...

Sex can feel like razor blades, and men don't know that, and women are afraid to tell their partners.

So the men feel rejected, like, why doesn't she love me or desire me anymore?

And it may be that, but it's probably not that.

It hurts, and I bleed.

It's like men going on testosterone.

Right?

If he's not having an erection, there are 29 solutions for that right now.

Primarily funded solutions as well.

Funded solutions.