The female body is capable of all manner of wonders, from live birth and multiple orgasms to menstruation, regeneration, heroic pain tolerance, and the ability to destroy men in this TikTok challenge.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Starre Vartan is the author of “The Stronger Sex: What Science Tells Us About the Power of the Female Body,” which will be published on July 15. People who lived through the Irish ...