A purely hypothetical period in a males life which has been likened to the female menopause, strongly occurring on average up to 10 years after the average age of the female menopause. It has popularly been cited as the male menopause.
MALE CLIMACTERIC: "Whilst females suffer from the menopause, males suffer from the male menopause otherwise known as the male climacteric."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "MALE CLIMACTERIC," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/male-climacteric/ (accessed July 3, 2022).
