Human Growth and Development / Unit 13 HGD 1813 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Climacteric
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The idea
The climacteric is the decline and eventual loss of reproductive capacity, a process in both women and men across middle adulthood.
In practice
About fifteen percent of US women aged forty-five to fifty having had no biological children.
Where people slip
In women the climacteric ends in menopause; in men fertility declines gradually rather than stopping.
Your place on the trail
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