Em Rusciano
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And what is out there is overwhelming.
Shame.
Total shame.
Didn't want to be associated with that phase of life because we are not allowed to age.
We genuinely congratulate women who look impossible.
Like J-Lo at Coachella in a leotard cutting straight up her labias, like 56 years old.
And everyone's like, wow, that's so amazing.
Look at her.
She's not aging.
We want women to look 16.
And if they don't, they've somehow failed.
So the idea of talking about the literal aging of your reproductive is terrible.
Yeah.
But also we do put it down to it's our fault.
We're not... Which is so... Yeah.
Women will blame themselves before they will think that perhaps it's a biological issue that is well beyond their control.
We're not exercising enough.
We'll pathologize ourselves.
We need to change our diet.
We need to get more sleep.