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For the first 40 years of life, womanhood is defined by external value: fertility, beauty, youth. The bare reality is that this is a trap. But somewhere around perimenopause, a shift happens. It is called the "U-curve of happiness"—women in their 50s and 60s report significantly higher life satisfaction than women in their 30s.