Pennsylvania Democrat Gets Slammed for Claiming No Biological Differences Prevent Men and Women From Competing Equally in Sports

‘There are elected officials like me who believe female bodies are just as strong and fast and capable as male bodies,’ the lawmaker says.

Via senatorlindseywilliams.com
'I want all girls to know that there are elected officials like me who believe female bodies are just as strong and fast and capable as male bodies,' says a Pennsylvania state senator, Lindsey Williams. Via senatorlindseywilliams.com

A Democratic state senator from Pennsylvania who claimed that men have no physical advantages over women when competing in sports faced immediate criticism Wednesday from Republican lawmakers. 

“I want all girls to know that there are elected officials like me who believe female bodies are just as strong and fast and capable as male bodies,” the state senator, Lindsey Williams, said before a committee vote on the “Save Women’s Sports Act,” which is aimed at keeping biological males out of female sports. 

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