The Physical Development Of Menopause And Midlife

Menopause and Midlife Menopause is defined as the end of menstration and reproductive capacity. This occurs, on average, in the early fifties among North American, European, and East Asian women, although the age range can extend from the late thirties to the late fifties. In the video, a group of co-workers that are also friends are interviewed discussing menopause and midlife. Carolyn, Mary, Virginia, Djuana and Heidi are the womens names and out of the five of them, four of them are mothers. Heidi is the youngest and is starting to think about starting her own family with her husband. One lady says, ''I like myself more now than I did at an earlier age.'' Another lady claims that the old you get, the wiser you become and you start to

Many women in midlife feel that they have hit their stride and they feel confident and assertive, but often women can feel less attractive sometimes too. Physical development in midlife is a continuation of the gradual changes already underway in early adulthood. Middle age adults do beome much more aware of aging and there's more that can be done to promote physical valor and good health during midlife. 57 year old Janet teaches dance for children and adults. She has been teaching dance for the past 40 years now. Janet reflects on the aging process in her interview and states that she is very aware that her body has changed. Janet says when she was very young, she was more limber and she could bend all the way back and put her head against her rear end. She says she has lost some of her flexibility and it really makes her mad. she says, ''you see young dancers that can do all the jumps and I can't do the same anymore. It bothers me.'' She doesn't want to lose her physical and mental abilities and she says it's a fear that she is fighting. To stay healthy and maintain her good health, she says she reads Prevention magazing, does Chinese herbs, tries to eat healthy, doesn't drink coffee and she doesn't smoke or drink alcohol neither. She says, ''facing the reality of aging is difficult, but you have

The divorce rate of U.S. 50 to 65 year olds has doubled over the past two decades. Divorce at any age takes a heavy phychological toll, but midlifers seem to adapt more easily than younger people. When asked what people believe contributed to the divorce, the majority of both men and women say a lack of communication led to divorce. In the video, Fran and Herm are married. Both of them had been previously married and they are now on their second marriages to each other. Fran says that she and her ex, Rick had married very young and had three kids close in age. THye had a home mortage and a lot of pressure at a very young age. Rick felt deprived and that he had missed out on his bachelor days due to getting married so quickly and so young. Fran blamed herself and accepted all the blame for the divorce. Years later, Fran realized that in a lot of divorces it has less to do with how the person relates to their spouse and more to do with what is privately going on within that person. Fran says that Rick felt that he was much too young for all of the pressures and burdens he had and he couldn't handle it all. Herm says, ''by the time I got divorced it really wasn't much of a surprise.'' He felt the same similarities that Fran spoke about her ex husband. He says that you have to deal with what is going on with that person. His former spouse was really unhappy with where she was in