
Starre Vartan—The Stronger Sex: What Science Tells Us About the Power of the Female Body
Women’s bodies have many often overlooked strengths, Starre Vartan reports in The Stronger Sex: What Science Tells Us About the Power of the Female Body. Women have greater endurance for long-distance events, tolerance for pain, and resistance to infections than men. “When we know more about female bodies,” Vartan says, “we find solutions to problems and illnesses that can apply to all humans.”