Well, I guess women are more than bags of skin with Lady parts? How nice of HHS to notice! In all seriousness, I am so pleased with the current trajectory for men’s and women’s health. I pray it continues.
Very good points. The focus on contraceptives and abortion confuses me, as there are ways to be physically intimate that don't risk pregnancy. If you don't want to make a baby, why are you having the type of sex that can make a baby?
And I've been wondering the same thing for a long time: "what broke our hormones?" Meanwhile, they mock people who talk about endocrine disrupting chemicals.
“Our ancestors, if they survived childbirth and poopy drinking water, lived long lives without the epidemic of hip fractures, metabolic dysfunction, morbid obesity, autoimmune disorders and hormone-related cancers that are decimating us today. God didn’t have to plant HRT trees in the Garden of Eden to keep menopausal women alive.”
But have women throughout history lived as long as they do today? I know there’s difference between life span and life expectancy, but still— we have record numbers of women living through and well past menopause. More decades on the other side of estrogen production. Surely translates to more age related issues- in addition to endocrine disrupters etc. (also, it needs to be said— there is a sharp rise in average life expectancy that correlates closely with the proliferation of vaccines for diseases that shortened many lives. Vaccines that this administration’s HHS is casting doubt on and actively hindering uptake of.)
You’re right Hannah, what brought life expectancy down was childbirth and infectious disease. But for the women who survived those, they didn’t have this endocrine chaos in their post-menopausal years that we do today. Something is disrupting our hormones in our modern environments.
Well, I guess women are more than bags of skin with Lady parts? How nice of HHS to notice! In all seriousness, I am so pleased with the current trajectory for men’s and women’s health. I pray it continues.
It’s a miracle!!
Literally 🥰
So nice to see a refocus on men and women's health OVERALL instead of just more pharmaceutical research and politically divisive rhetoric. Thank you!
Very good points. The focus on contraceptives and abortion confuses me, as there are ways to be physically intimate that don't risk pregnancy. If you don't want to make a baby, why are you having the type of sex that can make a baby?
And I've been wondering the same thing for a long time: "what broke our hormones?" Meanwhile, they mock people who talk about endocrine disrupting chemicals.
LOVE your description of the conference.
Thanks so much Moorea! Always appreciate your feedback so much.
I’m a little confused by this:
“Our ancestors, if they survived childbirth and poopy drinking water, lived long lives without the epidemic of hip fractures, metabolic dysfunction, morbid obesity, autoimmune disorders and hormone-related cancers that are decimating us today. God didn’t have to plant HRT trees in the Garden of Eden to keep menopausal women alive.”
But have women throughout history lived as long as they do today? I know there’s difference between life span and life expectancy, but still— we have record numbers of women living through and well past menopause. More decades on the other side of estrogen production. Surely translates to more age related issues- in addition to endocrine disrupters etc. (also, it needs to be said— there is a sharp rise in average life expectancy that correlates closely with the proliferation of vaccines for diseases that shortened many lives. Vaccines that this administration’s HHS is casting doubt on and actively hindering uptake of.)
You’re right Hannah, what brought life expectancy down was childbirth and infectious disease. But for the women who survived those, they didn’t have this endocrine chaos in their post-menopausal years that we do today. Something is disrupting our hormones in our modern environments.
Great article Katy! Already shared.
thanks so much Matt!! Appreciate you. I know I owe you an email, btw!