Why Menopause Isn’t Making You Crazy
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Why is menopause more than just hormones?
So if you haven't already figured this out about me, I can be a little contrarian. This isn't something that I do on purpose, like, ooh, let me be edgy just for the sake of it. I'm not interested in being provocative for shock value. I'm just interested in telling the truth, the kind of truth that most people don't want to talk about. And quite honestly, the kind of truth that can sometimes make people a little uncomfortable at first. But wildly excited and hopeful once they hear it. I question everything. And today, I am questioning the entire menopause media machine. Right now, menopause is having a moment. Everyone's talking about it. There are new products, new drugs, new experts popping up like daisies.
And of course, now even celebrities are entering the conversation. Here's the thing. Don't get me wrong. I'm glad that women's health is finally being acknowledged. It is way overdue. Think about it. Viagra came to market in 1998 because of course, all hail the penis. And meanwhile, women have been suffering through hormonal shifts and perimenopause and
How does society gaslight women's health issues?
and chronic conditions with little to no support for decades. The world sees men's pain as urgent and real, while women's pain is brushed off, minimized, dismissed, and ignored because of our hormones or our cycles or our moods. We're emotional, hysterical, dramatic, and overreacting. You've all heard it. How many times have you heard it? You must be PMSing. Is it your time of the month? You must be hormonal. as a way to dismiss our experiences, our very reality, and rendering our perspectives or experiences invalid. That is just a part of the gaslighting of women that we have been experiencing for generations. We've been left to just deal with symptoms and pain. as if it doesn't matter, as if we don't matter. If you've ever had an IUD put in, you know what I'm talking about.
It is painful. It is literally a medical procedure. And we are having this done with no pain medication. It's assumed we can just tolerate the pain. So I'm glad we are finally talking about menopause and other women's health issues without shame. But I don't like some of what I'm hearing. Menopause has now become the latest playground for dismissing women's experiences, our voices, and even the patriarchal conditioning that we've been subjected to and is so deeply entrenched that we can often miss it. We don't even notice it. And even women are perpetuating it without realizing it. So today I'm sharing three of the questionable themes so that you too can begin to detect the subtle BS that contributes to dismissing our experiences. You have to let me know if you agree with these or not. Hi, it's Hillary. Welcome to the Hillary Silver Podcast. Thanks for tuning into the conversation today.
If you haven't already, it would mean so much to me if you'd take a minute to just click that five-star rating on your podcast app, leave a review and subscribe so you never miss one of my episodes. And if you're enjoying this podcast, please consider sharing it with a friend because if you like it, they will probably like it too. So one of the most misguided and harmful conversations that I'm hearing is that menopause increases your chance of divorce. That literally women are getting divorced in midlife because of menopause. Literally, let's keep blaming women for all the problems. So to be exact, This is a quote.
Are menopause and divorce really connected?
When you're in your reproductive years, so premenopause, you've got different levels of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone every day. And it makes you accommodate, makes you kind of roll with the punches. And it sets up this level of flexibility that starts to disappear when you go through perimenopause and menopause. The hormonal veil is lifted and you start to speak your truth and not accommodate. You speak your truth maybe for the first time about the state of your marriage, about the things that you're happy about, the things that you're not happy about, and it does lead to an increased rate of divorce. Can you see what I'm talking about? I want you to really be able to read between the lines here.
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