Ben Waber reviewed Slow Moon Climbs by Susan Mattern
An Interesting Book with a Weirdly Out of Place Few Chapters
4 stars
Mattern examines menopause through evolutionary, biological, historical, and cultural lenses to provide a unique, holistic view of menopause. I found the comparisons with other mammalian lifecycles particularly interesting, in addition to the latter parts of the book that focus on more recent cultural differences around the meaning of menopause. There's a strange paean to Malthusian theory applied to the modern world shoehorned into the book that doesn't fit with the topic and is mostly scientifically misinformed and inaccurate, but if you skip that section you're left with an excellent book on menopause. Highly recommend.
Mattern examines menopause through evolutionary, biological, historical, and cultural lenses to provide a unique, holistic view of menopause. I found the comparisons with other mammalian lifecycles particularly interesting, in addition to the latter parts of the book that focus on more recent cultural differences around the meaning of menopause. There's a strange paean to Malthusian theory applied to the modern world shoehorned into the book that doesn't fit with the topic and is mostly scientifically misinformed and inaccurate, but if you skip that section you're left with an excellent book on menopause. Highly recommend.