Here’s how menopause is ignored, and why it shouldn’t be.

Even though women make up half of the population, the natural transition to menopause has been taboo for generations. In the past, scurvy, epilepsy, schizophrenia, insanity, and hysteria were all considered causes of menopause.

As recently as the 1960s, menopausal women were called ‘disabled castrates.’

Lisa Mosconi, a neuroscientist and feminist…