One of the two things that feminism was lacking

I read in ARA an article about nutrition during menopause. Nowadays, many news items of this kind are published. Until not long ago, you could find something about it in the medical advice sections of gossip magazines and in specialized publications for professionals. There wasn't any fiction that touched on it. Now, however, advertisements, podcasts, shows, and monologues talk about it. The other day, a friend and I were saying: "Can you imagine our grandmothers?" There were no lubricants, no estrogens, nor much oily fish here or there available to them. They must have commented at the washhouse that sexual relations hurt them, and they must have been prescribed ointments and potions, just as midwives or older women knew how to "help" with childbirth. I remember a phrase – that I kept for a piece of fiction – from my grandmother, which I now revisit with current eyes, knowing what we know that they didn't know. "It's just that grandpa looked for me until the last day. Until the last day he looked for me."

And well, this article, which gives dietary advice (nothing, unfortunately, that we don't know: moderate alcohol and exercise), has a peculiarity that makes it different from all the others and that takes a step further in menopausal normalization. This article, published in a serious, rigorous newspaper, alongside any other article on how to take care of yourself if you have diabetes or if you are vegan, let's say, is special because it is written by a man. And this man is not a doctor, he is a journalist for ARA. A long time ago, I was asked if I thought equality between men and women had been achieved (in the West). I said that only two things were missing, which were not understood to be missing. The first, to see a journalist write an informative article on menopause in a serious newspaper. We have just achieved this one. The second, to see a female coach in a men's football team in our country. We haven't achieved this one, but it's all about trying. Girona, for example, will need some shake-ups if the much-loved and admired Míchel leaves.