Hot Flashes, Hard Talks
Indian Digital Feminist Discourse on Menopause, Sexuality, and Aging
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https://doi.org/10.70042/eroth/1001234Keywords:
menopause, digital feminism, motherhood studies, hot flashes, sexualityAbstract
Menopause remains strikingly under-discussed in the Indian public and policy arenas, even as evidence suggeststhat Indian women often enter menopause earlier than many of their Western counterparts and frequently do so without adequate workplace or health-system support. This paper examines Indian digital feminist platforms, including long-form feminist outlets, community support groups, and Instagram/Facebook micro-communities, to analyze how hot flashes, insomnia, changing sexuality, and aging are narrated, medicalized, resisted, and reclaimed within these spaces.
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