Menopause and Methodological Doubt

Authors

Sheila Spence, University of CalgaryFollow

Abstract

Menopause and methodological doubt be gins by making a tongue-in- cheek comparison between Descartes' methodological doubt and the self- doubt that can arise around menopause. A hermeneutic approach is taken in which Cartesian dualism and its implications for the way women are viewed in society are examined, both through the experiences of women undergoing menopause and through the commentary of several contributors in Feminist Interpretations of Réné Descartes by Susan Bordo (1999). This examination is located inside the story of the paper, which was written over the duration of a university hermeneutics course, and reflects the author's evolving understanding of hermeneutic interpretation within qualitative research.

Keywords

Alethia, Cartesian, Descartes, Doubt, Emotion, Experience, Feminist, Gadamer, Hag, Hermeneutics, Hormones, and Menopause

Publication Date

12-1-2005

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DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2005.1830

Recommended APA Citation

Spence, S. (2005). Menopause and Methodological Doubt. The Qualitative Report, 10(4), 745-757. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2005.1830