I was post menopausal in my last job before I retired ( medically induced, mena pause and retirement)' I didn't give a monkey's toss what anyone thought of me. At the time, id happily tell anyone who interrupted me in senior managers meeting to shut up until I'd finished. Twenty years later, I still don t care too much if others shrink from my truth.
I'm the early hours of Sunday morning my dd (she's in the middle of her mena pause) heard a woman screaming she dashed out of our house, in pjs and flip flops screaming that the police were on the way and she would kill him if she got her hands on him. thank God he ran.
My dd said later that it's a mistake to underestimate the fury of a menopausal woman.
Caitlin Moran has a bit to say about oestrogen and the menapause.
At 70, I've yet to meet a person who can silence me. My DD seems to be of the same mindset.
Menopause means you are no longer a fit subject to try to procreate with. It doesn't mean you are not a worthwhile person in your own right.
If people, especially your family, try to put you down, kick back. Tell them, graphically, what they are doing. Just do not put up with.it. Get angry, not sad. In my experience, anger isn't that far below the surface of most menopausal women.