In last month’s issue, I wrote about women’s aging through the lens of ovarian shutdown. Menopause is often framed as a cliff: one organ changes its behavior around 50, the rest of the body scrambles to adjust, hot flashes abound. Most men have seen their wife, sister or mother experience the night sweats, mood swings, and brain fog that seemed to cluster around midlife. You rarely know the exact day it will all start, but most women can look back and say, “Around 49,” or “Right after I turned 52, everything changed.” Men read that and asked a different kind…
Four Negotiations Every Man Has With Time
