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need be no change, as if human life was anything but change.' Most FR readers, including myself, will concur wholeheartedly. But why, oh why, should the menopause be the point at which women are freed from the 'leg-irons'? Yes, it is one signiflcant point in most women's lives; it is also, for most of us, feminist or not, a too little discussed, ambivalent, change. But the ambivalences of childhood and growing up, sexuality, child care and motherhood, work relationships, partnerships with men (and women), body image and the cultural imperatives of femininity, are rich ground for making profound changes too. We want the 'potency' Greer refers to, to begin well before 'the change'. Greer has brought the menopause into public discourse, and for that I'm thankful. She has posed hundreds of questions which need exploration and answers. Her own views make compelling reading, but they cannot stand as the 'comprehensive study' her publishers claim they are. We need more, different, and feminist work done on the subject.
Lola Young (Wed,) studied this question.