Prologue: The grandmother of us all
Part I: Evolution
Why Menopause?
"Thank you, grandma, for human nature":the grandmother hypothesis
Putting the "men" in menopause: male-centered theories of human evolution
Foragers today: hunting, sharing, and super-uncles
Part II: History
Our long stone age past: how grandmothers (maybe) conquered the world
The age of farmers: patriarchy, property, and fertility control
Reproduction and non-reproduction in some agrarian societies
The modern world
Part III: Culture
Women's Hell: menopause and modern medicine
What are you talking about? menopause in traditional societies
Symptoms
A cultural syndrome?
Epilogue: good-bye to all that.