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      The Menopause Taboo at Work: Examining Women’s Embodied Experiences of Menopause in the UK Police Service

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      Work, Employment and Society
      SAGE Publications

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          This article contributes to the growing body of knowledge about gendered ageing at work through an examination of the embodied experiences of women undergoing menopause transition in the UK police service. Drawing on 1197 survey responses, providing both quantitative and qualitative data gathered across three police forces in 2017–18, the findings highlight the importance of a material-discursive approach that considers contextual influences on women’s bodily experiences. The article evidences gendered ageism and the penalty suffered by women whose ageing bodies fail to comply with an ideal worker norm. It makes an important contribution both to theorising embodiment, drawing in age as well as gender discourses, and to promoting a material-discursive approach that recognises the materiality of the body while also offering the potential for agency, reflection and resistance.

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                Journal
                Work, Employment and Society
                Work, Employment and Society
                SAGE Publications
                0950-0170
                1469-8722
                August 2021
                December 22 2020
                August 2021
                : 35
                : 4
                : 657-676
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
                [2 ]University of Birmingham, UK
                Article
                10.1177/0950017020971573
                7861e889-c5be-4e01-a51b-54c5abdfaa95
                © 2021

                https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

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