Gérontologie et société 2015/1 vol. 37 / No 148
Journal article

The question of the menopause in the French context

Between gendered medicalization and women’s resistance

Pages 123 to 134

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  • CHARLAP, Cécile,
2015. The question of the menopause in the French context Between gendered medicalization and women’s resistance. Gérontologie et société, 2015/1 vol. 37 / No 148, p.123-134. DOI : 10.3917/gs1.148.0123. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-gerontologie-et-societe-2015-1-page-123?lang=en.
  • Charlap, Cécile.
« The question of the menopause in the French context : Between gendered medicalization and women’s resistance ». Gérontologie et société, 2015/1 vol. 37 / No 148, 2015. p.123-134. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-gerontologie-et-societe-2015-1-page-123?lang=en.
  • Charlap, C.
(2015). The Question of the Menopause in the French Context Between Gendered Medicalization and Women’s Resistance. Gérontologie et société, . 37 / No 148(1), 123-134. https://doi.org/10.3917/gs1.148.0123.

https://doi.org/10.3917/gs1.148.0123

Abstract
Authors

Cite this article

  • Charlap, C.
(2015). The Question of the Menopause in the French Context Between Gendered Medicalization and Women’s Resistance. Gérontologie et société, . 37 / No 148(1), 123-134. https://doi.org/10.3917/gs1.148.0123.
  • Charlap, Cécile.
« The question of the menopause in the French context : Between gendered medicalization and women’s resistance ». Gérontologie et société, 2015/1 vol. 37 / No 148, 2015. p.123-134. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-gerontologie-et-societe-2015-1-page-123?lang=en.
  • CHARLAP, Cécile,
2015. The question of the menopause in the French context Between gendered medicalization and women’s resistance. Gérontologie et société, 2015/1 vol. 37 / No 148, p.123-134. DOI : 10.3917/gs1.148.0123. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-gerontologie-et-societe-2015-1-page-123?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.3917/gs1.148.0123

French
English

This paper addresses the menopause as a category and as an experience. It analyzes the social relations of gender at play in the medicalization of the menopause. The construction of the menopause in medical discourse, as well as its cultural impact, is marked by a homogenization and a pathologization of women’s experiences. What is more, women’s experiences are formed by a gendered learning process in interaction with doctors. However, women’s experiences of the menopause call for a reconsideration of these categorizations and orders.

Keywords

  • menopause
  • sex relationships
  • medicalization
  • interactionism
  • hormones

Publisher keywords: hormones<np pagenum="124"/>, interactionism, medicalization, menopause, sex relationships

Uploaded: 11/06/2015

https://doi.org/10.3917/gs1.148.0123

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