Black Women and Menopause: Breaking the Silence and Embracing the Change

There’s power in the pause! Since what seems like the beginning of time, girls and women of all races have been warned about the change, also known as, menopause, as […] The post Black Women and Menopause: Breaking the Silence and Embracing the Change appeared first on Essence.

Black Women and Menopause: Breaking the Silence and Embracing the Change
By Bridgette Bartlett Royall ·Updated January 28, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

There’s power in the pause!

Since what seems like the beginning of time, girls and women of all races have been warned about the change, also known as, menopause, as something to dread or fear. Rarely, if ever, were dialogues around menopause embraced. And her little sister

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