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postmenopausal

/ ˌpəʊstmɛnəʊˈpɔːzəl /

adjective

  1. existing or taking place after the menopause
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Barton-Gauss singled out the sexist comments of Trump's running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, such as his lambast against "childless cat ladies" and teachers who don't have kids, or when he agreed that the "whole purpose" or the "postmenopausal female" is to raise grandkids.

From Salon

Though her character in “Fleabag” famously rhapsodized the postmenopausal life, for female actors, she says, the reality can be a bit less glorious.

Vance — who previously embraced a national abortion ban, dismissed Democrats as miserable, “childless cat ladies,” claimed that people who don’t have children have less of a stake in their country, and asserted that the role of postmenopausal women is caring for grandchildren — was kinder, gentler and entirely disingenuous.

Vance is on a mission to alienate every bloc of female voters: ‘childless cat ladies’ and postmenopausal women especially.

There's been a drumbeat of stories of him endorsing views like hunger is a "great motivation" to work, the "whole purpose of the postmenopausal female" is to provide free childcare, and that progressives are "unhumans" who deserve fascist violence.

From Salon

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