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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Heather Gridley [mailto:Heather.Gridley@vu.edu.au]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Mon 12/03/2007 8:09 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Global Announcements; aehd@vu.edu.au<BR><B>Cc:</B> commpsych@lists.curtin.edu.au<BR><B>Subject:</B> [aehd] VU PSYCHOLOGY Colloquium Mon 19/3, 2-3pm Footscray - 'The Woman in the Body' <BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<H6><FONT size=2><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=3>The first <SPAN class=000121608-12032007>VU</SPAN> School of Psychology Research Colloquium for 200</FONT><SPAN class=000121608-12032007><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT color=#000000 size=3>7</FONT> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></H6></CENTER>
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<CENTER class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Margaret Harris, PhD. Candidate,</SPAN></CENTER>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><FONT color=#0000ff>Margaret comes to her studies as a mature aged student.<SPAN> </SPAN>She is 63 years of age, and is the mother of five children.<SPAN> </SPAN>Her passion to study menopause and the postmenopausal woman comes from her own experience of the phenomenon of menopause.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><FONT color=#0000ff>Through a postmodern/feminist exploration of postmenopausal women's narratives, set against a backdrop of a discourse analysis of pivotal biomedical texts, this study reveals women's menopausal and postmenopausal aging life cycle journey as a dynamic, positive, empowering process.<SPAN> </SPAN>Themes emerging from the women's narratives indicate that the phenomenon of menopause is limited by reliance on a reductionist model.<SPAN> </SPAN>It is argued that a wholistic model is more appropriate for women as they negotiate the adult life cycle process to postmenopausal status.<SPAN> </SPAN>Finally, visions and directions for educating women to develop a wholistic approach to positive adult development, together with suggestions to support the status of postmenopausal women, are offered.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=000121608-12032007>H</SPAN>eather Gridley</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>School of Psychology </FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Footscray Park Campus (Monday, Tuesday & Friday only)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Victoria University</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>PO Box 14428</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Melbourne</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>VIC 8001</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Australia</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>TEL +61 3 9919 5224</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>MOBILE: 0419 113 731</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Email: heather.gridley@vu.edu.au</FONT></P>
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