Honestly, I (unfortunately) gave up on reading the article because of all the pop-ups.
The entire subject of menopause is treated extremely strangely in western society. I certainly was not prepared for it and, yes, when I was younger, "menopause" meant a woman went from being youthful and desirable to being old and withered up. A has-been - but she was supposed to just accept her state of being and move along.
I had no idea that there are many years of life to be lived during menopause and after menopause! I'm still struggling with this "new me."
What I find extraordinarily odd is that not one of my medical team members (GP, pdoc, therapist) have mentioned menopause a single time to me. Not once. No, "How has your life changed after menopause?" - nothing.
If a 50-something year old woman came into my medical or therapy office the first thing I'd ask her about is her menopause and how it's affecting her.
That not a single medical professional has asked me about it gives me a message of menopause being taboo and not important enough to discuss. The reality is that, along with pregnancy, menopause has been the most outstanding event of my life. During/after menopause I am, in many ways, an entirely different person than I was - and I still don't now how to be now, who I am, and where I want to be.