Menopause

It is human nature to place confidence into science because it is heavily researched and thus perceived as the truth. Natural science carries a certain value in society, but Scheper-Hughes and Lock argue that it is the Western assumptions that have “determined the ways in which the body has been perceived” in biomedicine and anthropology (7). Considering the preeminence of scientific evidence and the fabrication of a culturally salient network, this phenomenon suggests, rather than universality,…

Humans come in nuclear families and animals do as well. To some extent every mammal cares for their offspring. Perhaps humans take parental control for granted because it is a natural instinct for us. Surprisingly, their are some species that abandon their offspring as soon as possible including, tortoises and arthropods. On the flip side of that, some arthropods are of the most devoted parents and their parenting skills evolve due to risk of predators. Parental actions in anthropoids have…

1. How do age at menarche and age at menopause affect breast cancer risk? Women who started menstruating early (before age 12) and/or went through menopause later (after age 55) have a slightly higher risk of breast cancer. The increase in risk may be due to a longer lifetime exposure to the hormones estrogen and progesterone. 2. Approximately what percent of all breast cancers are hereditary? What are the genes that are most commonly mutated in hereditary breast cancer? Approximately 5% to…

were younger. Women when they age face an age-related physiological change; menopause. Menopause affects a women sexual life because it reduces the estrogen and progesterone. Some of the typical symptoms of menopause that women tend to experience are hot flashes, sudden sensation of heat in their upper bodies, and drenching in sweat (Hooyam, Kawamoto & Kiyak p.48). Not all women experience the same symptoms of menopause; there are some variations between individuals. Another problem that older…

look to provide an understanding of how society and sociologists, through time and cultures, define and develop beliefs on whether gender is a socially constructed philosophy or not. Using two empirical examples, Margaret Lock’s analysis of the menopause and Chase’s study of students in a New York boarding school, this essay sets out to contend that gender is socially constructed. Gender socialisations begin from the moment a person is born and influences how males and females are treated.…

arrangements within reproductive relations are embedded may be viewed as inherently political. Based on the definitions provided for reproduction and politics, one can deduce that the politics for reproduction can be defined as the idea that the government believes it can influence the reproduction process. Race and gender are two key factors that influence how the politics of reproduction has been shaped and is continuing to be shaped. When individuals thing of reproduction at some point a…

Menopause is a natural physiological event occurring in women with a median age around 50 years. According to Dr Short (2015), menopause is the termination of menstruation from the loss of ovarian follicular activity. When amenorrhoea occurs for the following twelve consecutive months with no obvious pathological and physiological cause, then it is recognised as a natural menopause. Menopause can cause a woman’s ovaries to stop producing oestrogen…

divided by the square of their height in meters. When women reach menopause(the normal stage of a women’s life whereby the ovaries stop producing oestrogen and progesterone and the menstrual cycle…

The person I choose to interview was my mother Consuelo Mendez. She is 42 years old, which puts her in the middle adulthood stage. She grew up in a Mexican household with a huge family. She has nine sisters and one brother. She was only able to attend school up until her sixth grade, since she had to go help my grandpa in the field. My mom spent a lot of time outside in her backyard, climbing trees, running, and hanging out with her sisters and brother because my grandparents had a huge back…

The word postmenopausal is not confusing and is interpreted the same as osteoporosis after menopause. Women do not confuse the indication with a treatment for menopause Additionally, ’high risk of fracture’ is broader in nature as it encompasses all kinds of breaks to the bone, whereas breaking a bone for many implied a more severe break (compound and large scale). Also for some…