The Ending of Menstruation: Perspectives and Experiences of Lesbian and Heterosexual Women

Hyde, Abbey; Nee, Jean; Howlett, Etaoine; Butler, Michelle; Drennan, Jonathan

doi:10.1080/08952841.2011.561145

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“…There is research in other disciplines which focuses on these differences. Hyde, Nee, Howlett, Butler and Drennan (2011), for example, show that a sense of grief or loss around menopause was reported much more frequently by lesbian respondents than heterosexual participants, whether they were mothers or electively child‐free. But none exists, as far as we are aware, into TGNC people, whether at work or elsewhere.…”

Section: Menopause and The Workplace: Gaps And Implications For Hrm Rmentioning

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Menopause and the workplace: New directions in HRM research and HR practice

Atkinson

Beck

Brewis

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Human Res Mgmt Journal

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This paper offers two key arguments. The first is that HRM scholars and HR practitioners need to pay a good deal more attention to the bi‐directional relationship between menopause and the workplace—how menopausal symptoms can affect women's experience of work and how work can exacerbate a woman's symptoms. We outline the social responsibility, demographic, legal and business cases which explain the urgency of more research and more concerted practice in this area. Our second argument concerns the importance of future research and practice adopting an intersectional political economy approach, in order to better understand the considerable differences between how women going through menopause transition experience work. Here, we offer arguments ranging from the macro‐ through the meso‐ down to the micro‐level of these differences, in so doing setting an agenda for the work to come on this very significant issue.

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Section: Menopause and The Workplace: Gaps And Implications For Hrm Rmentioning

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Menopause and the workplace: New directions in HRM research and HR practice

Atkinson

Beck

Brewis

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Human Res Mgmt Journal

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“…Similarly, ideas about, and critical interrogations of, the “disgusting,” “mismanaged,” or “unkempt” body often appear in the feminist literatures (what Joan Chrisler calls “leaks, lumps, and lines,” see Chrisler, 2011). Alongside discussions of the menstruating body (Hyde, Nee, Howlett, Butler, & Drennan, 2011; Mandziuk, 2010), the “leaky” breastfeeding body (Hausman, 2004; Shildrick, 1997; Warren & Brewis, 2004), and the childbirthing body (Carter, 2010; Draper, 2003; Dworkin & Wachs, 2004), conflicts about body hair have become increasingly relevant (Basow & Braman, 1998; Fahs, 2011b; Kenyon & Tiggemann, 1998; Toerien & Wilkinson, 2003). Additionally, theories of modern sexism posit that women often ignore or minimize the extent to which practices constrain and influence women in contemporary society (Swim & Cohen, 1997).…”

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Perilous Patches and Pitstaches

Fahs

2013

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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Although some research has examined men and women's general attitudes toward women growing body hair, little research has engaged in a side-by-side examination of women's imagined experiences of growing body hair with an experiential component of growing their own body hair. In the first of two studies, I asked a diverse community sample of women aged 18 to 59 to assess their impressions of women who grew body hair and to imagine their own, and others', reactions to their hypothetical body hair growth. For the second study, I utilized response papers from 62 women from diverse backgrounds in an undergraduate women's studies course, who grew their body hair for an assignment. Results showed overwhelming negativity toward women growing body hair in both studies, but they differed in perceptions of social control and individual agency. Women in Study 1, who merely imagined body hair growth, described it more nonchalantly and individualistically, citing personal choice and rarely acknowledging social pressures placed upon women even disgusted by other women's body hair. Women in Study 2 regularly discussed unanticipated social pressures and norms, rarely discussed personal choice, and reported a constellation of difficulties, including homophobia, family and partner anger, and internalized disgust and ''dirtiness.'' These results on a seemingly ''trivial'' subject nuance the ''rhetoric of choice'' debate within feminist theories of the body while also illustrating a vivid experiential assignment that delves into women's personal values, relationships, and social norms. Implications for assessing and changing attitudes about women's bodies-particularly ''abject'' or ''othered'' bodies-are discussed.

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“…What was also evident was a tendency for women to blame themselves for what they perceived as them failing their partners (“I feel like I let him down” and “this makes me feel very guilty”). Such feelings may be expressed in response to the disjunct between the realities of sexual intimacy in relationships versus cultural messages about what their “sex lives” should be like (Hyde et al, 2011). Men's heroic status was further elevated through their being supportive despite their “suffering.”…”

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“Friends? Supported. Partner? Not so much …”: Women's experiences of friendships, family, and relationships during perimenopause and menopause

Hayfield,

Moore,

Terry

2024

Feminism & Psychology

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In recent years, there has been increased cultural interest in perimenopause and menopause. The importance of peri/menopause in many women's lives makes this topic particularly pertinent for feminist psychologists. Some feminist scholars have acknowledged both physical and psychological factors as important aspects of women's experiences within their wider social and cultural contexts. However, consideration of relational aspects during peri/menopause remains sparse. We report our research exploring peri/menopausal women's experiences of friendships, family, and relationships. Thematic analysis was used to analyse responses to an online qualitative survey in which 71 mainly British women participated. In our analysis, we discuss the Menopause Sisterhood and how these women described social support as grounded in embodied experiences shared with other women. However, there were tensions concerning partners, whose understanding varied, which we report in the second theme: Accounting for (lack of) partner support: Men as heroes (or as absolved of any blame). We discuss the importance and implications of our findings for feminist scholars and psychologists more widely.

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The Ending of Menstruation: Perspectives and Experiences of Lesbian and Heterosexual Women

Cited by 18 publications

References 32 publications

Menopause and the workplace: New directions in HRM research and HR practice

Menopause and the workplace: New directions in HRM research and HR practice

Perilous Patches and Pitstaches

“Friends? Supported. Partner? Not so much …”: Women's experiences of friendships, family, and relationships during perimenopause and menopause

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