Drew Barrymore is entering menopause at age 48, with unmistakable symptoms like sudden hot flashes (this happened to her for the first time when she was interviewing colleagues Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler). Although today more and more women are opening up about the problems and characteristics of this phase of life, Drew Barrymore He wants to reiterate how many prejudices and taboos are difficult to remove.
Drew Barrymore in particular refers to the notion that men have a woman in perimenopause or menopause. The actress and mom 2 times told during a recent panel (Oprah Winfrey was there too!): «There is still a stigma surrounding the male perception of a menopausal woman. They see you as a dusty, old, withered object. This is not my own image, but it is like that».
The actress revealed that she recently broke silence on the matter with the man she is dating. “I don’t want to have the wrong idea of myself. But I’m torn because on the one hand I don’t want to pretend to be someone else, I just want to be myself.” But on dating this person I thought: “I don’t want to tell him what I’m going through, I don’t want him to see me that way”, Conclusion: Drew Barrymore is wondering how society can trigger real change in the way menopause is communicated, so that we don’t find ourselves faced with situations like this in which a part of ourselves is truly hidden. “Let’s not turn: They look at you like an old used shoe when you talk about your menopause, it doesn’t matter who you are, your personality takes a back seat. We need to figure out how to make menopause more fun and even sexy.” Holy words, Drew!
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