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  "path": "/2026/02/10/racism-menopause-black-women-research-science/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-10T15:25:00.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Health",
    "Herstory",
    "National",
    "Politics",
    "Black Women",
    "Flipping the Menopause Script Is Essential to Democracy (Series)",
    "Healthcare",
    "Medical Sexism",
    "Older Women and Aging",
    "Racial Justice",
    "Sexual and Reproductive Health",
    "Women in STEM",
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  "textContent": "Like many of the women in my family, I had early menopause and had completed the process by the age of 50, the same as my mother.\n\nThe alarming truth is that we know more about reproductive organs in other species than we do our own. Our limited societal understanding of the lifespan of ovarian function is a casualty of the intersection of medical racism, patriarchy and white empiricism.\n\nThe story will remain incomplete until we have our research and clinical care guided by the menopausal experiences of those who experience it.\n\n(This essay is part of the latest **Women & Democracy** installment, published in the middle of Black History Month, in partnership with **Black Girls’ Guide to Surviving Menopause**. Menopause is not only a physical transition—it is also cultural, social and political. Recognizing its full scope is essential to advancing true health and civic equity.)\n\nThe post The Incomplete Story of Menopause: Where Medical Racism, Patriarchy and White Empiricism Intersect appeared first on Ms. Magazine.",
  "title": "The Incomplete Story of Menopause: Where Medical Racism, Patriarchy and White Empiricism Intersect"
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