Men-Take-Pause: The Truth About Menopause and Man's Only Hope of Surviving it

by Susan Claridge

Menopause can be life-altering for a woman, but what often gets overlooked is how puzzling and even scary it can be for the man in her life. Most men are quite literally in the dark when it comes to mood swing triggers, hot flashes, night sweats, irrational thinking and bouts of emotion. The abrupt changes in her can often leave him reeling. This book gives men some survival tips and realistic do's and don'ts to help them navigate menopausal landmines, avoid booby traps and calm the menopausal beast within. "A humorous but real look inside the menopausal mindset - every man should read this book." EbookReviews"The perfect book to help men survive menopause!" KirklandReviews

188 pages, Paperback

Published August 29, 2019

Reviews

[David Cain · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a strange book for me. It does include a fair amount of what seems like reasonable and helpful advice for men about how to better respond to the physical and emotional changes their wife/partner is going through during menopause. But it's a bit repetitive, would benefit from some tighter editing to clean up the handful of incorrect word choices, and includes some unusual perspectives. There are a few religious references in the book, not enough for that to be a central focus but still off-putting for some readers. And I hated chapter 7, which repeatedly referred to a man's penis as a "poker". Not sure if that was intended as a light-hearted joke but it came across as juvenile and prudish. The book also toed the line of sexism throughout. I don't think anything was overt, but there were many statements that seemed a bit questionable, and even though the author is a woman she seems to have never questioned the patriarchal orientation of our society. Maybe that's a more effective way to reach the target male audience, though? Not sure if this is a criticism so much as an observation about which other readers can draw their own conclusions.