Gail Sheehy Denial Quotations

There is no more defiant denial of one man's ability to possess one woman exclusively than the prostitute who refuses to redeemed.

If menopause is the silent passage, 'male menopause' is the unspeakable passage. It is fraught with secrecy, shame, and denial. It is much more fundamental than the ending of the fertile period of a woman's life, because it strikes at the core of what it is to be a man.