From Women’s Voices For Change:
Woman Mentions Menopause — In Public!: You’d think this wouldn’t make the lede in a political story, but clearly CBS’ Ben Smith was stunned by this woman’s daring: “In her first tour of Iowa last weekend, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton emerged as a candidate hard-edged enough to threaten violence, yet explicitly female enough to make women feel so comfortable that one mentioned menopause in front of crowd of more than 1,000 people,” reports Smith. Later in the story he mentions again that a teacher in Des Moines said out loud that she is going through menopause.
No reports on what clothing he was wearing when he heard the word “menopause” uttered, what statement his sartorial choices made, or whether or not his outfit was suitably attractive.
what? no mention of the cost to have an ensamble like his? how will i survive?
How dare she mention a condition for which American doctors prescribe poison, refuse to discuss alternatives, and all the studies are done on what we already know is poison, rather than treatments we think may be safe but we don’t know because there are no drug companies to promote them, and therefore no studies. Osteoperosis, cancer, heart disease, panic disorder, depression–women’s health issues. Don’t talk about them in public.
Bobc, very funny :-)
Diane – true enough. Plus “menopause” isn’t nearly as classy or alluring as those omnipresent Viagra and Cialis adverts…