Let us stop pandering to the TikTok crowd on menopause

We should find a happy medium between informed policies and oversharing for a condition that affects half the world’s population.

Not all women are comfortable being so upfront about something so private like menopause, especially in the workplace. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: PEXELS
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Menopause has really come into its own in 2023.

From Microsoft Corp to the US National Basketball Association and British bank Standard Chartered, companies are implementing policies and offering benefits to women managing the symptoms of the natural ageing process.

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