General Menopause
What three major complications are associated with menopause?
What are cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and urinary incontinence
What cultures are known for respecting women more as they age?
What are Asian cultures
Name another medicalized condition that often affects women?
What is pregnancy or childbirth?
Why can taking testosterone for hormone therapy lead to transgender men experiencing menopause-related symptoms?
What is the body is producing less estrogen
What country now requires menopause education in their sexual health curriculum?
What is the United Kingdom
What reproductive function declines as a result of hormonal changes?
What is fertility
How were women going through menopause portrayed in the 1800s and 1900s?
What is uncontrollably moody, irritable, and depressed
In what century was menopause medicalized in the United States?
What is the 20th century?
What are two menopause-related symptoms that transgender men may experience if they are taking testosterone for hormonal therapy?
What are hot flashes and vaginal dryness
What two mammals are the only mammals to undergo menopause?
What are humans and orcas
This hormone continues to be produced, mostly through the adrenal glands, in women’s bodies after menopause
What is estrogen
Historically, what are the 2 treatment options available for menopause?
What are medications and surgical interventions
What are people with medicalized conditions pressured to give up during their experience with the medical system?
What is authority or autonomy
When will transgender men experience menopause-related symptoms if they do not have surgery and are not taking testosterone?
What is the same age as cisgender women
What is the average number in years that women experience menopausal transition?
What is 7 years
What menopause symptom is the most frequently reported?
What are hot flashes
How has the overall attitude toward menopause changed?
What is a natural process, not a disease
What type of deficiency disease was menopause first promoted as?
What is estrogen deficiency disease
What factors can lead to transgender women experiencing menopause-related symptoms?
What is transgender women who have received reassignment surgery and stop taking estrogen
Name three common symptoms of menopause?
What are hot flashes, vaginal dryness, mood changes, loss of head hair, change in periods