In 1985, acclaimed actress Courteney Cox broke one of the biggest social taboos that existed at the time and uttered the word ‘menstruation’ in a television advertisement.
Before playing the iconic role of Monica Geller in the legendary series Friends, the artist from the United States starred in an advertisement for the company Tampax, which caused a great social stir.
A few days ago, the friend of Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow recorded a video ‘tribute’ to that advertisement focusing on another condition that people with vaginas suffer from and that is often socially forgotten: menopause.
Four decades later, the artist decided to wear tights and eighties legwarmers again and recreate the spot giving visibility to the cause: “Has your life completely changed due to menopause? Do you still have hot flashes? I’m going to talk to you bluntly, menopause “It can change how you feel as you age. Menopause will eat you alive.”
”You can also receive as a gift drier skin and hair loss. Now that is an achievement. Remember, there is nothing good about menopause, it can really change how you feel,” the woman says in the audiovisual piece.
According to what has been learned, Cox wanted to make this video to laugh at herself and the advertisement she recorded more than 38 years ago, as well as to make visible that bodies experience different changes due to aging and that it is something natural.
Hundreds of users on the Internet have congratulated the actress for breaking the great taboo surrounding menopause, a condition that appears at a difficult age and causes a series of health problems that often remain invisible. For many, video can help thousands of people feel accompanied, understood and accepted.
”How real”, ”It’s horrible”, ”We have to talk about it more”, ”And here I thought my life would improve with menopause” or ”I completely identify” are some of the comments on the video that can be read online. However, many activists and feminist girls have criticized the pessimistic and fatalistic vision of the American actress, since menopause is something natural: ”I don’t like the vision she gives at all”, ”What she says about menopause is fatal… and can make many people decay”, etc.
