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'If there are women in your life that you care about, you should know about this'

Nihal Arthanayake says men need to know about the menopause just as much as women do.

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake recently hosted a discussion about the menopause with Meg Mathews. Meg wanted to explore why there’s still a stigma around it and why people aren’t talking more openly about it.

Nihal said it’s important for men to get involved in the discussion too: β€œWe need to have a conversation about the menopause. And look, I’m a 46-year-old guy and I want to talk about it and there’s no reason why anyone else shouldn’t want to talk about it.

β€œAt some point my wife is going to go through this, and I want to know what questions to ask. I want to know how to make her feel better, if indeed that is possible. I want to know that the things that are happening to her, that she may not be able to articulate, we can at least have a conversation and she understands she’s not going to be going through it on her own. If you’re a husband and there’s a woman in your life that you care about a lot, perhaps you should as well.”

This clip is from Afternoon Edition on 24 April 2018.

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