How did we get here? Dr. Kristen Hawkes and Jennifer Nadel
How did we get here? Dr. Kristen Hawkes and Jennifer Nadel  
Podcast: Hysterical
Published On: Mon Dec 19 2022
Description: In our first live talk show, we welcome you to consider two alternative lenses to view menopause: the anthropical and the psycho-societal.There’s a reason why no one we know is talking about menopause.  With more context around why menopause happens to humans with ovaries and the culture that stigmatizes women’s aging, we can reclaim choice and power in our own lives.  Kristen Hawkes is a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of Utah. Her primary areas of expertise are Cultural Anthropology, Life History, Sociobiology.Jennifer Nadel is a qualified barrister, author, speaker, campaigner, award-winning journalist and women's rights campaigner. Her investigative report from Bosnia for ITV showed that rape was being used as a weapon of war by the Serbs. It was later used by UN War Crimes investigators. Her most recent book, co-authored with Gillian Anderson, explores women's rights.