Halle Berry opens up about menopause and ageing: ‘I’m my best self now that I reached 56’
"And I am challenging everything I thought I knew about menopause. Things like: ‘Your life is over.’ ‘You are disposable.’ ‘Society no longer has a place for you.’ ‘You should retire.’ ‘You should pack it up,'” Berry said.
Halle Berry is changing the narrative around menopause. (Source: Halle Berry/Instagram) There are so many connotations around the word menopause, and most of them are negative — making women dread this phase in their life. However, the narrative around this chapter in life is slowly changing, thanks to actors like Halle Berry who are opening up about their journey through menopause.
Recently, in an interview with Women’s Health Magazine, the Oscar-winning actor and filmmaker talked candidly about menopause and ageing. She opened up about “accepting the station” where she is in life as a means to owning one’s sexuality.
“And I say that because I’m smack dab in the middle of menopause,” she told the outlet. “And I am challenging everything I thought I knew about menopause. Things like: ‘Your life is over.’ ‘You are disposable.’ ‘Society no longer has a place for you.’ ‘You should retire.’ ‘You should pack it up,’” Berry said.
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