Perimenopause and Menopause Archive

I just couldn’t bring myself to do it- buy reading glasses, that is. It’s ridiculous, really. I’ve recently started walking around town in five finger shoes which my daughter calls monkey fashion (she won’t be seen with me when I’m wearing them), and they have attracted some amused snorts. Well, fair enough.

I remember my first period, but like most women, I won’t know my last period at the time. When I reach a calendar year without a period, menopause will be official, but it will be an over-the-shoulder realization, rather than the facing-the-future realization of the first. Most women will go through years of perimenopause leading up to that unknown finale.

We talked about the sex scenes (no spoiler alert needed) after seeing The Kids are All Right, which we both liked and disliked for various reasons. Bronwyn and I work with HIV+ women, so we can’t help but discuss how sexuality is portrayed in movies, and what kind of safe sex messaging does and doesn’t play out. I think that anyone over fourteen can get cynical about messaging around sex when you watch movies, whether you work in the sex ed field or not.

  Ah, summer. If warmer weather has you feeling frisky, and you’re considering a discreet romp in the sand, you may end up a little grainy in some unexpected places. Ideally, that’s the only discomfort you’re going to feel. Sex shouldn’t be painful, and if it is, there’s help for that. Does vaginal penetration hurt? [...]

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