This article contributes to the growing body of knowledge about gendered ageing at work through an examination of the embodied experiences of women undergoing menopause transition in the UK police service. Drawing on 1197 survey responses, providing both quantitative and qualitative data gathered across three police forces in 2017–18, the findings highlight the importance of a material-discursive approach that considers contextual influences on women’s bodily experiences. The article evidences gendered ageism and the penalty suffered by women whose ageing bodies fail to comply with an ideal worker norm. It makes an important contribution both to theorising embodiment, drawing in age as well as gender discourses, and to promoting a material-discursive approach that recognises the materiality of the body while also offering the potential for agency, reflection and resistance.

本文通过考察英国警察部门中经历更年期过渡的女性的具体经历，为在工作中性别老龄化的知识积累做出了贡献。调查结果基于1197份调查问卷的回答，提供了2017-18年度跨三支警察部队收集的定量和定性数据，这些研究结果突显了采用物质分散方法的重要性，这种方法考虑了对女性身体经历的背景影响。这篇文章证明了性别歧视和妇女因其衰老的身体未能遵守理想的工人规范而遭受的惩罚。它为理论上的体现，年龄和性别话语的发展做出了重要贡献，并促进了采用物质论断的方法来认识身体的实质性，同时也提供了代理的潜力，