The #MeToo campaign against sexual abuse of women went viral in 2017. Soon after, women had what I’d call an #AnatomyToo moment, when a toxic anatomical label was erased from women’s genitals.

The body-positive movement has encouraged people, especially women, to see beauty in all shapes and sizes, and it's reminded us that body ideals are culturally constructed and not based on science.

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 ...