Rod Stewart says men should be taught about the menopause Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity Rod Stewart says men should be taught about the menopause By You Magazine - November 25, 2021 Menopause affects all women in different ways, but it’s an experience that’s not often talked about. Did you know, for example, that 51 per cent of women say menopause affects their relationship, 60 per cent of women suffer brain fog in menopause and 10 per cent of women quit their job due to menopause (according to The Menopause Charity)? That’s a lot to deal with and a lot of the time men are blissfully unaware of the trials and tribulations women go through at this stage in their lives. Getty Images Rod Stewart however has spoken out recently on his thoughts on men educating themselves better on the effects of the menopause. Speaking on ITV’s Loose Women, the 76-year-old singer spoke about his experience when his wife, Penny Lancaster, was going through the menopause. Getty Images He said: ‘I googled and googled and googled. I googled menopause so much when she was going through it. She was in a fragile situation. I just had to listen and learn and get ready for saucepans being thrown through the kitchen.’ He added: ‘It was frightening, because this really wasn’t the person I married. We talked about it, which I think is the most important thing a couple can do, and she explained to me – through the tears, as Penny likes a cry – and talked it through, and that’s what couples do.’ Getty Images The Daily Mail recently reported that the South Tees Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has started running menopause courses for men earlier this year, which Rod Stewart agreed with. ‘Absolutely,’ he said, when asked if he thinks men should be given menopause classes. ‘It’s a very good way to go. Men have got to get on with it, understand and come out the other end.’ He added that he tells his male friends to ‘be understanding’ of their wives, saying, ‘some of them should have that talk right now.’ RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved