November 4th, 2008 
Von by Joy Angelica Subido
In the 1967 movie The Graduate, an older, married woman named Mrs. Robinson, played by Anne Bancroft, seduces the character of a young college graduate played by Dustin Hoffman. The situation depicts the concept that while a male’s sexual urges peak when he is young, a woman experiences renewed sexual drive when as she approaches menopause in her 40s. A scientific explanation may bear this out. As a woman approaches menopause that signals the end of her childbearing years, the hormonal levels in her system are altered. But while an increase in androgens may cause a concomitant rise in libido or sexual drive, a decrease in estrogen levels may lead to a host of physical symptoms in others. For some women, this includes vaginal atrophy that makes sexual contact painful. And thus, the myth of the “Mrs. Robinson complex” does not apply at all.
Is menopause a natural life event? Or is it a disease? (more…)
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