Women & Health Inequality With Dr Jennifer Garrison of the BUCK Institute #shorts

Name: Women & Health Inequality With Dr Jennifer Garrison of the BUCK Institute #shorts
Uploaded: 2022-10-07T16:00:11+00:00
Duration: 32 s
Channel: Claudia von Boeselager
Description: In this short interview, Dr. Jennifer Garrison emphasizes that menopause is an issue of gender equality because it affects half the population and is…

7 Oct 2022 · 1 min

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In this short interview, Dr. Jennifer Garrison emphasizes that menopause is an issue of gender equality because it affects half the population and is inevitable, akin to death. She argues that as scientific efforts, such as those at the Buck Institute, succeed in extending healthy lifespan, failing to address reproductive longevity will result in women spending a disproportionately larger portion of their extended lives after menopause, highlighting a critical gap in longevity research.

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I personally really see this as an issue of equality. We're talking about half the population here, right? If a woman is lucky enough to live to midlife, then she will undergo menopause. It's unavoidable. It's like death. There's no escaping it. And as we start to extend healthy longevity, which is what the Buck Institute is trying to do and what aging researchers all over the world are trying to do, as we make progress in extending healthy longevity, if we don't address reproductive longevity, then suddenly women are going to be living more of their lives after menopause than before.