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Dueling Hormones
Dueling Hormones: His and Hers Menopause? Men and women; they dont come from different
planets, do they?Take a look at the physiognomy of the two sexes; we are all mammals, correct? Bipedal, with
reciprocal plugs and plumbing; we even kind of resemble each other, you know, with the two eyes and one mouth;
furry here and there.Whatever your religion or philosophy dictates, at some point in history there was a man and a
woman, the first ones ever, looking out at the world with new, frightened eyes. The first thing we probably did was
to turn to each other, warm, bipedal folks that we were.We each had two arms and ten fingers and probably the first
thing we did with one and five of them was to hold another warm hand. All the stuff about money and carpools and
orthodontists and marriage counselors all came later; the first thing we had to do was survive. While the two first
folk are busy learning to survive, here is an interesting fact to ponder.Mens brains are nine percent larger than
womens, while women have the higher percent of grey matter (that being central bodies of nerve cells).Men have more
of the brains white matter (that is long thin filaments that connect nerve cells).Between the two hemispheres of
the brain is the corpus callosum, made of white matter, is proportionately smaller in men than women. OK, now,
science lesson is over, you can wake up now, because all this stuff will attain relevance in just a second. Until
the eighth week of gestation, every human brain looks female, which is until a surge of testosterone makes it a
boy.Within a year, girls and boys will usually choose toys, or will play with them in a way that in the girls is
nurturing. Boys choose cars, balls and guns, preferring those which can be played with actively or hurled into
space.I know, when I read that study I thought the tone was a bit snarky.But then I read something else that gave
it a bit of perspective: if you do that same study with baby monkeys, the sexes chose exactly the same.I mean, if
this is a genetic imperative with every male mammal, maybe weve been too hard on the boys, and heres a way to help
them with their Andropause, which sounds much more distinguished than male menopause. Researchers are coming to the
conclusion that the same herbs that women find so efficacious also fill the same bill for some men.Many of the
holistic practices such as acupuncture and massage work for either sex.And anyway, in the final analysis, isnt this
the best way for it to be?You shared love, marriage, carting around all that baby equipment; you shared secrets and
jokes and heartaches and you can probably share each others glasses to read a menu; Ill bet you even share each
others prescription muscle relaxants, if the truth be told. So take a deep breath, hold hands, and walk through
this stage of life like youve walked through most of the others: together!
Male And Female Menopause
How Hot is the Topic of Male Menopause?
Is there really a lot of interest in the topic: Male Menopause? One way to see if there is an interest in the subject is to find out how many books have been written about male menopause.
When searching the popular book Website, Amazon, the following books surfaced:
Hormone Use in Menopause and Male Andropause: A Choice for Women and Men by Sheldon J. Segal and Luigi Mastroianni
The Best of Your Life: For the Rest of Your Life by Devra Z. Hill
You and Your Husband at Midlife by Sally Conway
Menopause: A Positive Approach by Rosie Reitz
Searching Magazine databases reveal that Newsweek ran a cover story on Male Menopause titled: Is Male menopause Real?
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