ALEXANDRA SHULMAN'S NOTEBOOK: What is the point of this menopause campaign? By Alexandra Shulman, Mail on Sunday Published: 00:12, 6 October 2024 | Updated: 00:27, 6 October 2024 e-mail 1 View comments Forget Sober October, the month has a new claimant – the menopause . October is now Menopause Month, with October 18 designated World Menopause Day , a fact I'm sure the women in war-torn Beirut and flooded North Carolina will be pleased to know. There's not a month that goes by that's not harnessed for some issue or other, to spread the word.
When this is used to raise awareness and funds to combat diseases such as Alzheimer's or prostate cancer , there's certainly a point. But menopause is not an illness. It's a fact of women's lives.
It happens to all of us – not the unfortunate few – and occurs for every woman just as periods do for teenage girls. There aren't any new terrifying statistics showing that the menopause is on the increase that might justify a campaign. Pictured: Alexandra Shulman who asks what is the point of this menopause campaign Menopause is not an illness.
It's a fact of women's lives. It happens to all of us – not the unfortunate few (stock photo) As someone who is, in theory, post-menopausal (though I'm not entirely sure that is an accurate term since the deprivation of oestrogen which is the primary driver of menopause remains a constant in our body), I know what menopause is. It's no fun for anyone and considerably worse for some.
However, I do.
