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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Menopause was really being discussed for the first time in the 80’s as a non-taboo subject. That’s why it was discussed more. Also, hormone replacement therapy was big business. [/quote]

Actually, it was discussed quite a bit in the 60’s and 70’s as well. [/quote]

I think it's a few things:

1) Demographics.  Back then the baby boomers were going through it.  They're just a larger group of people.  Now it's GenX.  We're small, nobody listens to us anyway.

2) An opening up of the conversation.  The 60s and 70s ushered in an era of openness about women's health that didn't exist earlier.  Women in the 1950s didn't discuss these things in the media, so they just weren't there.  The taboos fell away, so the conversation expanded then.

3) Big pharma had something to sell back then.  HRT became big, so it was discussed alot more.   Then they discovered a connection to hormone-fueled breast cancer, so that went away.

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This.

A lot of us Gen Xers are going through menopause right now, and not taking HRT like the boomers did. There is nothing to sell to us, and we aren't a large group anyhow. Watch for it to be talked more in public when the next large generation goes through it.

I would also add 
4) There is a lot of emphasis on youth and appearance now, even more than there was for the boomers. I try to look as good as I can, and when I have a hot flash and start pouring sweat, people look at me like I am crazy when I tell them I am going through menopause. [/quote]

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