Women and men go through significant changes mid way through their life. This paper is going to focus on when women reach the age of fifty. This age seems to bring some questions and curiosities for women. There are many characteristics, experiences, and abilities that a fifty-year-old woman will have.

The average fifty-year-old woman starts menopause at this time. The most significant change for women at this time is the significant drop in the production of the female hormones (particularly estrogen) by the ovaries. The close of menstruation typically takes two to four years, with sporadic missing periods and extension of the intervals between periods. This time period is referred to as perimenopause. When a woman no longer menstruates, she is now in the postmenopause stage. A lot of women try to have kids before it is too late. There are other changes that can accompany the hormonal...