The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism

by Jen Gunter

I also declare that what the patriarchy thinks of menopause is irrelevant. Men do not get to define the value of women at any age.

42 percent of women having a heart attack don’t have chest pain.

Whether it’s a heavy flow or a pinkish tinge, bleeding after menopause should never be brushed off as one last hurrah as there is a 6 percent to 10 percent chance the cause could be endometrial cancer. Bleeding after menopause is such a sensitive sign of endometrial cancer that up to 90 percent of women diagnosed with endometrial cancer had at least one episode of bleeding after menopause.