Why is the question of Palin going through menopause potentially making a risky president off the table?

Question

My wife had a very very difficult year when she went through it. She was unable to work much of the year due to severe hot flashes and other non-trivial medical issues. She absolutely could not sleep well. She told me that she could not imagine going through it with the schedule of President or VP.

I don't know why I am asking tihs question since are we not allowed to bring up the fact that men and women are different biologically in this campaign.

Answer 1

There are much bigger questions about Palin...such as she has a pregnant 17 year old daughter ( I know doesn't matter) and she believes in absence only education for teens...huh?...she has very little experience herself...she has only been Governor for 2 years...and mayor before that...so I think there are much bigger questions then menopause.

Answer 2

This is a new one, menopause.

First off she is only 44, most women don't get to menopause until their fifties. If McCain was elected, and if he served two terms, and if she stayed on as his VP therough both terms this would only become an issue in the last year or so of the second term.

Those are a lot of ifs.

Also, although some women do in fact have severe physical and emotional issues during menopause just as many women don't. My mother sailed through with no difficulty at all.

Answer 3

Not every woman going thru menopause goes thru what your wife does.  It is actually a very sexist question.   ***

Answer 4

Ever studied the effects of testosterone?  

Flame - Obama has said if his kids got pregnant he would haul them out for an abortion pronto so that they're not punished with a baby.

Palin teaches abstinence (not absence) and her nearly adult daughter made a different choice.  Being a good mom isn't about controlling your child's every move.  It's in how you handle things when a difficult situation arises.  Palin is supportive of her daughter and has invited the baby's father into her family.  Talk about unconditional love!  How is this wrong?  And what does it have to do with her ability to serve at VP???

Also, she has twice the experience of Obama and in a position more relevant to the presidency.

Answer 5

I would be very afraid for her to be the one they woke up at 3 am and she was holding the key that set off a Nuclear exchange.

Answer 6

she's talking about GOD'S will but he was the one said the man is the head her husband should be leading not her she is no hillary and can't even carry a intelligent speech!!

Answer 7

Well...because its sexist.

Some scientists say that men have periods and manopause (mid-life crisis)...so there you go.

You're just trying desperately to find something to trash Palin.  Keep it up.  Add martyr to her list of credentials.

Answer 8

YES WE ARE DIFFERENT...SO WHAT?/

Answer 9

That's sexist. Menopause affects different women in different ways. Palin is not going through menopause. She just had a baby!

Answer 10

The most serious danger of Mrs. Palin going through menopause will be the decrease in estrogen experienced by women at this point in their lives.  Estrogen makes women calmer and more even tempered than men.

The infamous "PMS" syndrome that so many cite and complain about is due to the increase in testosterone produced by a woman's reproductive system prior to menses.  So, at that time she will experience the hormonal condition that adult men experience on a daily basis.  Maybe this can be best explained by saying, men are b****y all the time.

Answer 11

Have been asking the same question.

She is an opportunistic, illiterate religious fanatic.

I wonder if she has university degree and what she went there to read.

These people feed on  religion despite their low key mentality.

Very fake superficial human being.

Even the naturally pro-life Alaska moose knows better not to make baby at risky age.

And this is a governor in USA.

Answer 12

If she believes she can handle the job, who is anyone else to say she can't?

Answer 13

not all women are the same. your wife's rough menopause isn't going to be palin's. and who says she's in it. good lord and i thought the children questions were too personal.