Silke Burmester critiques hormone replacement therapy as lifestyle product
Journalist Silke Burmester argues that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for menopause has become a lifestyle product and a new point of contention among women. She questions who truly benefits when the industry markets 'self-empowerment.' Burmester notes that women have opened another front among themselves, similar to the divisive debate over breastfeeding. Gynecologist Sheila de Liz, author of the 2020 book 'Woman on Fire,' is portrayed as the Joan of Arc of the pro-HRT movement, which is framed as a liberation struggle. The article appears in the current issue of Der Freitag.
Key facts
- Silke Burmester wrote an article about hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and menopause.
- HRT has become a lifestyle product and a new divisive issue among women.
- Burmester questions who benefits from the industry selling 'self-empowerment'.
- The debate over HRT is compared to the earlier divisive topic of breastfeeding.
- Gynecologist Sheila de Liz is a prominent advocate for HRT.
- Sheila de Liz published the book 'Woman on Fire' in 2020.
- The article is published in the current issue of Der Freitag.
- The article critiques the commercialization of menopause and HRT.
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- Der Freitag