“Women’s hormonal changes result in brain changes, which make us far less tolerant of injustices and far more willing to say what we think. Northrup chuckled when I asked why it doesn’t occur to women that hormones may be contributing to job stress.She observed: “There’s this dread women have about aging and clichés about how women should never mention their age. Women may freak out when you tell them they’re perimenopausal. Excerpted from Stressing out at Work, April 2008
