Quotes about menopause

A collection of quotes on the topic of menopause.

    Quotes about menopause

    Jean Baudrillard photo

    “Democracy is the menopause of Western society, the Grand Climacteric of the body social. Fascism is its middle-aged lust.”

    Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007) French sociologist and philosopher

    Age, Democracy
    Jim Butcher photo

    “If you make some comment even obliquely alluding to menstruation or menopause and its effect on my judgment," Murphy interrupted, "I will break your arm in eleven places.”

    Jim Butcher book Changes

    Source: Changes

    Tracey Ullman photo

    “I was never a child. I was always a menopausal woman within a child's body.”

    Tracey Ullman book Tracey Takes On...

    Tracey Takes On... (1996–99)

    “There is much to be said for post-menopausal celibacy. Sex is rough on loners because you have to have somebody else around, but now I don't. No more diets to stay slim and desirable: I've had sex and I've had food, and I'd rather eat.”

    Florence King (1936–2016) American writer

    Lump It or Leave It (1990)

    Food, Sex
    Joycelyn Elders photo

    “If men went through menopause, we'd know everything about it, but we still don't even know if we should be taking hormones.”

    Joycelyn Elders (1933) American pediatrician, public health administrator, and former Surgeon General of the United States

    "Dr. Joycelyn Elders is so fucking cool", 2014-05-23, Jessica Valenti, w:Jessica Valenti, 2014-05-23, Feministing.com http://web.archive.org/web/20070713094431/http://feministing.com/archives/007116.html,

    Men
    Woody Allen photo

    “What has gotten into you lately? Save a little craziness for menopause!”

    Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician

    Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)