Off the Rag: Lesbians Writing on Menopause
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (652 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0934678774 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 234 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Diverse, helpful, affirming, many different experiences." according to Marjory C.. This book offers a full range of the often unpredictable experiences of menopause from a large and varied group of women. For lesbians, it is a dramatic departure from many other menopause books which treat this natural occurrence as something which makes us less "womanly," or something which inteferes with the sexual pleasure of a male partner. Traditional hormone replacement therapies and alternative herbal and naturopathic remedies, as well as doing nothing at all for uncomfortable symptoms are offered in these women's stories. The book encourages women to follow our own best instincts and to persevere until we get the help we need, if th
Book by Lee Lynch
In it, nationally known writers including Sarah Dreher, Karla Jay, and Valerie Taylor take up various aspects of this life change, offering their thoughts on the pros and cons of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and on hot flashes, sexual desire, and freedom from menstruation. Whitney Scott. Particularly interesting are Joan Nestle's piece on sex after 50, Connie Panzarino's discussion of menopause's interaction with her disability (spinal muscular atrophy), and Shelly Roberts' wittily self-deprecating account of her surprise at her own change of life ("When you live in the tropics, dripping is not an unusual avocation, so it is hard, exactly, to pinpoint the actual onset of symptoms" ). Editors Lynch and Woods add to such tomes an anthology that is the result of Lynch's inability to find information on menopause that addressed her concerns as a lesbian. From