I believe that it is important for women to have a positive outlook on menopause and embrace the post menopausal years of their lives. Today’s society focuses very little on accepting aging and has looked upon menopause as a negative experience for many years. I disagree, menopause should be approached as a positive experience in a women’s life. Some non-Western cultures believe that a woman improves as she ages. The North American Menopause Society reports that half of postmenopausal women are happier and more fulfilled than in earlier years (Alexander p. 289).
My mother also believes that women get better with age. They have more wisdom and become more accepting of themselves. It is important for society to accept aging, menopause, and older women. Youth and beautiful appearances do not last forever!
Menopause does not have to slow women down. There are many therapies available to control the symptoms of menopause. It is also significant for women in society to voice their thoughts and concerns on menopause, in doing this fear and embarrassment can be avoided as well as associated myths concerning menopause.
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I am in my early forties and I am the happiest that I have ever been in my life. This is not just because I have grown children and fewer responsibilities. I actually have more. I am married, work about 45 hours a week, have a son that is almost four and am going to school almost full time. I am not ashamed of how old I am and I do not consider it a secret. It really isn’t very important to me. I can not tell you how many people have told me “I wouldn’t tell anyone that you had grown children because you don’t look old enough”. I hate this remark. I am very proud of my age and what I have accomplished and I want the whole world to take notice of the fact that I have 3 amazing grown children.
ReplyDeleteMy husband is ten years younger than I am. This is something that some people think is strange. My husband has been emotionally mature for as long as I have known him. I can’t say the same for my ex-husband who is older than me. Physical age and appearance is not something that I find very important. I value emotional maturity, kindness and intelligence. The attitude that anyone over 35 is just counting the days until they die is crazy. Nobody knows how long they will live. From the time that the sperm meets the egg there are no guarantees of survival. Many people are surprised to learn that I am going to college at this time in my life. It doesn’t seem unusual to me. I intend to continue to learn as long as I am able. I will leave this world when it’s time. Until then I intend to live.
As far as the approaching menopausal years of my life, I view that as just another part of being alive. It is neither positive nor negative. Every age has different health issues that need to be addressed. For example, I don’t think that a young girl going through puberty should view it as losing her childhood. Life is about change, things just don’t stay the same.
I agree with you. However I am only 21 so I have some time before I hit Menopause but i think that it should be viewed as positive instead of negative. I don't know why our culture views older people in a negative light instead of respecting them.
ReplyDeleteI agree! I can remember my mom telling me that very same thing "beauty doesn't last forever.". My mom always shares with my how beautiful aging is and she is happier than ever. I just recently accepted aging and realized that she is right. Now at the age of only 28, I have to say that I am not as pretty as I once was but have to agree I am happier than ever. I honestly can say I am not afraid to age and look forward to the upcoming years
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