Women approaching menopause today probably have no idea how stigmatized their natural aging used to be.
In 1966, a bestselling book called “Feminine Forever,“ written by Robert A. Wilson, a Wyeth-funded gynecologist, called post-menopausal women ”flabby,“ ”shrunken,“ ”dull-minded,“ and ”desexed.” Ads for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in medical journals accused women of “outliving their ovaries” and other health crimes. The solution was HRT.
