It seems that menopause is used as a scapegoat for anything bad that happens to women during this period. For example the aging process may slow the sex drive down a bit, but when it comes to women, menopause is always to blame. Further more the effects of certain medication can also have a negative affect on the sex drive of a female as well as certain illnesses that tend to affect women who are at the age of menopause i.e arthritis. Yet again anything to do with low sex drive is blamed on menopause.