The word gets a laugh at dinner parties. The condition behind it does not. Say “manopause” out loud and someone will usually smirk. It sounds like a joke, a word dreamed up for a tabloid headline rather than a genuine medical conversation. But behind the silly name sits a real, well documented biological process, and dismissing it as a punchline does a disservice to the men going through it and the partners living alongside them. The clinical term is andropause, sometimes cal
