Esther McCarthy: So why is the word 'men' in 'menopause' anyway?

Let's give men a taste of their own medicine, here are three male health issues I'd gladly name

When clinicians use language that implies an inadequacy or failure, it shapes how they think about patients. When we women internalize terms like these, it shapes how we think about ourselves. 

My youngest son recently asked me why ‘ menopause’ has the word men in it. After a snakey search on my phone, I confidently imparted the knowledge that it’s actually from the Greek ‘mēn’, meaning month, and ‘pausis’ meaning cessation.

His question gets me thinking about medicine and our bodies, and how we diagnose and talk about them. I watch a reel from a GP, Dr Ceri Cashell, talking about women dying from heart attacks.