If menopause is the silent passage, 'male menopause' is the unspeakable passage. It is fraught with secrecy, shame, and denial. It is much more fundamental than the ending of the fertile period of a woman's life, because it strikes at the core of what it is to be a man.

New Passages: Mapping Your Life Across Time (ed. Ballantine Books, 2011) - ISBN: 9780307763761