
Join SVPRO - the Sexual Violence Prevention & Response Office - in continuing the menopause conversation on campus. They will be hosting a screening of the Menopause Documentary The (M) Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause on Wednesday Feb 5th. Everyone is welcome! All genders, all ages as everyone can benefit from learning more about menopause!
About the event
The (M) Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause film explores the hidden impact of menopause on people's lives. Menopause has ramifications beyond just an individual's well-being. The far-ranging results of untreated menopause include billions of dollars in lost wages, upended careers, family disruptions, and emotional chaos.
With evidence-based information, the film empowers people to make informed health decisions and aims to remove the stigma surrounding menopause and aging.
This feature-length documentary film, centers on the lived experiences of women across the U.S. Cameras follow women into their doctors’ offices, at work, and in their homes to expose the challenges they face—including racial biases, gender-ignorant care, inequitable structures and systems, and barriers due to the lack of basic midlife healthcare research. The women featured here open up about their experiences and share their stories of enduring debilitating symptoms while being ignored, ridiculed and/or shamed—and left untreated.