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Emma Barnett says she felt ‘mugged, robbed’ after perimenopause at 38

The Guardian - Media · Jamie Grierson · last updated

Broadcaster says on new BBC podcast that perimenopause had made her feel like she had lost her identity

Emma Barnett has said experiencing perimenopause at the age of 38 felt as if she had been “mugged, robbed” of her own identity.

The broadcaster, now 40, speaking on her new BBC podcast, Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett, says that it was the “first time in my life I haven’t really wanted to be a woman – it’s the first time I’ve thought, I’d really quite like to be a bloke”.

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