Ryan Tubridy

I have read this book.

It's called This Is Going To Hurt.

And tell everyone about this as a kind of a bird's eye view.

Yeah, it is.

It is a funny story.

There's two lovely stories there.

So I think as we kind of peel away the layers here, you're just like shooting straight.

And you just want to say, look, it's just your body.

Yes, we have to wear clothes.

It's the nature of society and what have you.

But ultimately, it's a really important piece of kit.

And for some reason, we have decided in society, broadly speaking, not just Irish, let's not be too harsh on ourselves, but definitely Ireland, we've decided that it is a thing, it is a carcass that we'd be more comfortable talking about a cow in a field than we'd ever be about ourselves.

How did we get to that point, I wonder, that we just don't like saying certain words or describing certain things?

Can I cut across?

Do you contend that if men had the menopause, it would have been dealt with much quicker and a long, long time ago?

And they talk about paternalistic approach to medicine a lot down through the years.

Hysterical, that's what it comes from.

So therefore, she must be a female and on it goes.

I mean, it is extraordinary.

So it's been written in stone for some time and you want to kind of demystify that whole area of life and conversation.