Drew Barrymore and the difficulty of dating as a perimenopausal woman

At 48, Drew Barrymore is entering menopause, with unmistakable symptoms such as sudden hot flashes (it happened to her the first time while she was interviewing colleagues Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler). Although today more and more women are opening up about the problems and characteristics of this stage of life, Drew Barrymore he is keen to reiterate how many prejudices and taboos are hard to unhinge.

In particular Drew Barrymore refers to the perception that men have of a woman in perimenopause or menopause. The actress and 2 times mom told during a panel held recently (Oprah Winfrey was there too!): ​«there is still a stigma surrounding the male perception of the menopausal woman. They see you as a dusty, old, withered object. It’s not the image I have of myself, but that’s how it is».

The actress revealed that she recently kept the matter quiet from the person she’s dating. “I don’t want to get the wrong idea about me. But I’m torn because on the one hand I don’t want to pretend to be someone else, I just want to be myself. But dating this person I thought: “I don’t want to tell him what phase I’m going through, I don’t want him to see me that way”». Conclusion: Drew Barrymore is wondering how society can help trigger a real change in the way menopause is told, so that we don’t find ourselves faced with situations like this, in which a part of ourselves is actually hiding. “Let’s not turn around: when you talk about your menopause they look at you like an old used shoe, it doesn’t matter who you are anymore, your personality takes a back seat. We need to figure out how to make menopause more fun and even sexy.” Holy words, Drew!

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