TWO years ago, Dr Stephanie Faubion stood at the microphone at a meeting of the Menopause Society thinking, “This is going to be a problem.” Someone in the room had asked a question about the challenges of going through menopause in the workplace, and the conversation had turned to ways employers could step in.
Faubion, the organisation’s medical director, worried that asking for additional provisions for women would fuel more gender discrimination – if women required special treatment, employers would have more reason to not hire or promote them.
