female hormones, but how do we know whether we are fertile? At the other end of
the reproductive spectrum are changes associated with the menopausal transition.
The disconnect between subjective experience and objective measurement is not
limited to hotflashes, but is also demonstrated in our efforts to quantify pain and
measure stress. How can we effectively make visible these things that depend so
strongly on subjective reportfiltered through cultural expectations?
Many aspects about our bodies are invisible or (mis)perceived. As human
biologists, we are faced with some existential questions about what is real, what is
experienced, what can be measured, what matters clinically, and what will happen
in the future. This text has been about how we, as human biologists, grapple with
measuring, understanding, and making visible the human experience.
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