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2013 年7 月 妇女研究论丛 July. 2013 第4 期 总第118 期 Collection of Women ’s Studies No.4 Ser.No.118 更年期话语的建构 ———从 医界、大众文化到女性自身的叙述 吴小英 （ 中国社会科学院社会学研究所，北京100732） 关键词：更年期；话语；建构；身体化 摘 要：女性更年期长期以来被视为是女性走向衰老的开端，无论从医界、大众文化到女性自身，尽管关于更年期有各种不 同侧重和细节的叙述，但在这点上基本达成了共识。文章尝试从社会性别视角对这三个方面建构更年期话语的过程和方式进行 梳理和分析，考察其背后蕴含的性别理念如何影响了有关更年期的判断和叙述，从而导致女性更年期在大众文化中的问题化与 妖魔化；与此同时，这种话语反过来又如何影响女性自身在更年期阶段的遭遇、体验以及自我认同。文章认为，更年期与其说是 一种纯粹的女性生理现象，不如说它是社会文化的性别化建构的产物，体现了女性身体化趋势在大众文化中的加剧。 中图分类号：C913.38 文献标识：A 文章编号：1004-2563 （2013）04-0087-08 Constructing a Discourse of Menopause: From a Perspective of Medicine, Culture and Womens Body WU Xiao-ying (Institute of Sociology at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing 100732, China) Key words: menopause, discourse, constructing, body Abstract: For a long time, whether it is viewed by medicine, general culture or women themselves, menopause is believed to be the be- ginning of womens aging, even though there are different emphases and narrative of details. This paper examines from a gender per- spective these three aspects to identify the process and the means by which the discourse of menopause is established. It uncovers how the underlying gendered notions influence the judgments and narratives of menopause, especially problematizing and demonizing menopausal experiences in popular culture. At the same time, this discourse also affects womens menopausal experience, and their own views of the experiences. The paper considers that menopause is a product of gendered cultural construct rather than a womens physiological phenomenon, indicating the in