Broadcaster Emma Barnett has said finding out she was going through perimenopause at the age of 38 felt like she had been "mugged, robbed". Barnett, now 40, said it was the "first time in my life I haven't really wanted to be a woman - it's the first time I've thought, I'd really quite like to be a bloke". She was speaking on her new BBC podcast, Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett , the first episode of which was released on Friday. Perimenopause , which commonly occurs around the age of 46, is