Referred to in hushed tones as “the change” or dismissed as little more than a series of hot flushes, even in today’s liberal society the very word menopause is still somewhat taboo. Menopausal and post-menopausal women, their loved ones and even GPs are still reluctant to discuss the effects it can have on women’s love lives. New survey results [i] published recently in Menopause International*, however, reveal a genuine and pressing need to raise awareness of issues around the menopause and to banish misconceptions based on the cliché that women at certain stages of life would happily forsake sex for a nice cup of tea. The survey of 2,527 peri- and post-menopausal women – conducted by the physician-led site https://mail.hostedexchange.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.menopausematters.co.uk and now promoted by pure intimacy experts Yes ( http://www.yestointimacy.com/ ) – showed that 84 per cent of these felt that an active sex life was important: In other words, women who are going or have gone through the menopause still want to make love with their partners as much as they ever did. Read more

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