.eleanormorgan, author of the newly released book Hormonal, reflects on why we're so nervous about putting hormones in our body
The pervasive idea – that I bought into for some time – that our bodies should be as "pure" and "drug free" as possible is dangerous. In fact, I think it is one of the worst societal subtexts that pits women against each other. The common idea that there is nobility in being the woman who doesn't need drugs; who’s had hardly any medical intervention; was the champion who gave birth drug-less, carries potential harm.
. Again, some women tolerate it better than others. Due to the huge differences in physiology from one woman to the next, we don’t know whether it will work for us until we try it. But trying what’s available to us is precisely what we should be encouraging women who are suffering to do – just as we should be encouraging basic diet and lifestyle changes. If we are in pain and are well-informed about our options, nothing that has an evidence base should be off the table.
The language around this fear of hormones really interests me. We often reject the notion of putting "hormones" – the word imbued with a certain dirtiness – into our bodies... as if hormones aren’t what keep us alive. Perhaps it’s the idea of foreign agents – synthetic versions of what we naturally have that supposedly make us fat, mad and sad sometimes.
: from $3.36 trillion to a $3.72 trillion market. It is easy to scoff at anyone in the wellness industry making dubious, cure-all claims, but we need to think about why these claims have so much power., women in the Western world have created their own alternative healthcare system in clear response to being routinely dehumanised and dismissed by the medical establishment. Only, promises from wellness "practitioners" often have foundations of sand.
There is no value in living in pain, no virtue in suffering. If we are encouraging women to be open about the realities of inhabiting their bodies, let’s encourage them to be properly informed, ask more questions from caregivers about what might help, and do away with this bogus idea of "purity". A woman should be able to take whatever she has found gives her some peace of mind and body without feeling guilty.
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