ArticleBMC women's health2023
"They see me as mentally ill": the stigmatization experiences of Chinese menopausal women in the family.
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- Women's experiences and expectations during the menopause transition: a systematic qualitative narrative review.Health promotion international · 2025Pooled it
- Menopausal transitional and postmenopausal women's voices: "what influences their adherence to self-management": a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Australian trans and gender diverse people's understandings of menopause: beyond cisgenderism, heterosexism, and binary-based gender in the current 'menopause moment'.Health promotion international · 2026Article
- Breaking the silence and building strength; rethinking menopause care through exercise and cultural insight.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Article
- The intersection of domestic abuse and menopause: a scoping review.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- The Future Dynamics of Long-Term Care Pressure in China's Longevity Era: A Prediction Based on the Discrete-Time Markov Model.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- The life experiences of Chinese women after late-life remarriage.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Recognizing ethnic and cultural variation in menopause care.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadienArticle
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Abstract
backgroundMenopausal women are regarded as "abnormal people" in China and are often discriminated against and ostracized, especially in the privacy of their homes. However, research on the stigmatization of menopausal women in China is limited. The aim of this study is to explore and describe the stigmatization experiences of Chinese menopausal women in the family and their feelings about these experiences.
methodsA phenomenological qualitative research design involving in-depth semi-structured interviews was selected. Our data analysis adopted Colaizzi's methodology.
resultsFourteen menopausal women participated in this study. Four themes and 12 subthemes emerged: (1) violent treatment (verbal and physical violence); (2) lack of attention and companionship (lack of understanding of physical and psychological suffering, neglect of the value of labour and difficulty finding someone to talk to and accompany them); (3) coping struggles (keeping quiet, fighting back, changing inappropriate perceptions and developing a menopausal transition management plan); and (4) despair (deep-rooted perceptions, restrictions on travel and consumption, and unknown "healing" times).
conclusionOur results suggest that Chinese menopausal women suffer physically and mentally within their families. The stigma of menopause is both a symptom of the broad societal lack of knowledge regarding menopause and a reflection of the patriarchal oppression of women in a specific cultural context. Accordingly, this study can help menopausal women and society in general better understand the former's stigmatization experiences and amplify their inner voices. Moreover, it can serve as a reference for the formulation of menopause-related health policies in China and for advocating and promoting humanistic care for menopausal women.
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