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It is generally recognized that climacteric symptoms are not only determined by the physiological changes in the organism, but are also greatly dependent upon their interaction with the social environment. One might even go so far as to speculate whether the problematic menopause is not largely generated by negative social attitudes towards ageing in general and towards the ageing female in particular. What is certain, in any case, is that the climacteric woman not only has to overcome the real difficulties of middle-age and the menopause, but also has to cope with a whole gamut of prejudices and stereotypes which are associated with these events.
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Severne, L. (1979). Psycho-Social Aspects of the Menopause. In: Haspels, A.A., Musaph, H. (eds) Psychosomatics in Peri-Menopause. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7698-9_7
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