Event Description
“The [M] Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause,” a feature-length documentary film, centers on the lived experiences of women across the U.S. Cameras follow women into their doctors’ offices, at work, and in their homes to expose the challenges they face—including racial biases, gender-ignorant care, inequitable structures and systems, and barriers due to the lack of basic healthcare research. The women featured open up about their experiences and share their stories of enduring debilitating symptoms while being ignored, ridiculed and/or shamed—and left untreated.
“The [M] Factor” gives women, their physicians and their advocates a voice and a chance to be seen, heard and respected.
The film screening will be followed by a discussion with women of all stages of life, including a practicing gynecologist.