Work wasn’t ever going to stop doing what they were doing to me. “What we find,” she says, “is that a lot of women aren’t talking to anyone else about their menopause symptoms. “But at least I’m not waking up at 3am, dripping in sweat.”Many believe the NHS needs to improve its offering to menopausal women. Under existing law, menopausal women are protected because age, sex and disability are protected characteristics under the 2010 Equality Act. “I was a person with value, and they were happy to destroy me and get rid of me, because of the menopause,” Mara says.

Source: The Guardian August 17, 2021 16:51 UTC