Pupils at a leading public school will learn about the menopause to help them grow into ‘considerate’ young men, it was revealed today.
Harrow School, which charges £43,665-a-year, has enlisted a social media influencer to teach boys about ‘the change’.
The move is designed to demystify what students’ mothers, relatives and teachers could be going through.
Next term, 160 sixth-formers will take part in the interactive workshop with Lesley Salem, a ‘menopause influencer’ and founder of Over The Bloody Moon (OTBM), an online community and enterprise designed to ‘remove the muddle from menopause’.
Harrow School (pictured), which charges £43,665-a-year, has enlisted a social media influencer to teach boys about ‘the change’
The workshop will highlight changes that women experience, drawing parallels with puberty.
Teenagers will take part in an empathy exercise entitled ‘in her shoes’.
Ms Salem, 49, told The Times: ‘They’ll have a mum, an aunt, a teacher going through the menopause right now — in the future it will be partners, friends and colleagues.’
Simon Sampson, head of personal, social, health and economic education (PHSE) at Harrow, added that teaching pupils about the menopause would support ‘Harrow boys to grow up as considerate young men, compassionate partners and more understanding colleagues’.
Ms Salem is one of a growing number of women trying to destigmatise menopause and raise awareness of the debilitating symptoms many suffer.
TV presenter, Davina McCall, journalist Mariella Frostrup, the Countess of Wessex, and Meg Matthews, ex-wife of Oasis singer, Noel Gallagher have all spoken about their experiences.
