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DESANTIS NOMINEE FOR UWF BOARD SAYS WOMEN SHOULDN'T DELAY MOTHERHOOD FOR HIGHER
ED, CAREER

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — For years, political scientist Scott Yenor has
advocated for overhauling colleges and universities, which he has argued
undermine traditional American families by encouraging women to pursue careers
and put off childbirth.

Now Yenor may get a chance to implement his policy proposals after Florida Gov.
Ron DeSantis appointed him to the board of the University of West Florida, a
public school in Pensacola with about 14,000 students.

The Republican governor’s appointment of Yenor and four others to the UWF Board
of Trustees this week comes two years after DeSantis stacked the board of
another public school, New College of Florida, in what critics called a hostile
political takeover. Within weeks, New College’s new board fired the sitting
president and then replaced her with a former state lawmaker and ally of the
governor.

A professor at Boise State University, Yenor has written extensively on what he
sees as the dangers of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in higher
education as well as the declines of traditional marriage and birth rates in the
U.S. He’s also a former fellow at The Heritage Foundation, which proposed
Project 2025 as a policy blueprint for a hard-right turn in American government
and society.

Speaking at the National Conservatism Conference in 2021, Yenor detailed what he
sees as the “evils” of feminism, labeled “independent women” as “medicated,
meddlesome and quarrelsome” and decried colleges and universities as “the
citadels of our gynecocracy” — a form of government run by women.

“If we want a great nation, we should be preparing young women to become
mothers,” Yenor said, “not finding every reason for young women to delay
motherhood until they are established in a career or sufficiently independent.”

Yenor argued that higher education “delays growing up,” saying that college and
universities are “indoctrination camps” that society should de-emphasize in
order to make progress on “family matters.”

“Every effort must be made not to recruit women into engineering, but rather to
recruit and demand more of men who become engineers. Ditto for med school and
the law and every trade,” Yenor said.

“If every Nobel Prize winner is a man, that’s not a failure. It’s kind of a
cause for celebration,” he added.

Yenor did not respond to questions from The Associated Press about his past
statements, but said he supports DeSantis’ education agenda.

“An education system shapes the culture. Our current education system, with its
divisive DEI policies and ideological monoculture, has produced an ever-worse
culture,” Yenor told the AP in an email, saying Florida’s education system is
better off because of DeSantis’ policies.

Chasidy Hobbs, an Earth and environmental science instructor and president of
UWF’s faculty union, called the comments “disheartening” and “offensive.”

“My most important work of my life was being a mother,” she said, “while also
working as a professional woman in a career that I find almost as important as
motherhood — to help the future generation learn to think for themselves.” But
she added that she looked forward to working with the new board.

Julia Friedland, the governor’s deputy press secretary, said the new board
members will “break the status quo” and “help refocus the university on the core
mission of education.”

She did not respond to questions about Yenor’s previous statements on women in
higher education.

In articles and speeches, Yenor has labeled DEI as a “grave and gathering danger
to national unity and state governance,” called for eliminating certain
disciplines like African Diaspora Studies and said even departments of History
and English could be on the chopping block. He’s also advocated for
sex-segregated education and called for banning state employees from collecting
data on the basis of race or sex.

Yenor and the other new appointees to UWF’s 13-member board must be confirmed by
the Florida Senate.


___

This story rewrites the headline to correct that Yenor is advocating for
prioritization of motherhood.

___ Kate Payne is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America
Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service
program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered
issues.

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Monika
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He is right. Lots of cat ladies would say the same thing. Deny biology at your
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how long is left on his term, clueless .
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Kevin Edwards
14h ago
Wow, the GOP is doubling down on ignorance. Any woman who would vote red must
desire to be barefoot, perpetually pregnant, and subservient to a man.
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Nancy Moreno
13h ago
the government needs to stay out of the family decisions when and if children
come into question, its so expensive now, you need 2 incomes to survive
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Ladm1613
16h ago
So Mr. Yenor, how are married couples supposed to pay their bills? Are you do
out of touch with reality that you fail to see both parties are working, and are
just getting by, and some, having to take a part time job. And having a child,
add more to the monthly budget. You gotta love these politicians in their lofty
perches telling people what should or shouldn’t be, when they haven’t a clue.
Tell you what, let Tallahassee work on lowering costs so people can have a
choice.
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Rebeca Amparo
15h ago
it is super privileged to believe that the average family can get by on one
salary. tha went out the window with Reagan.
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James Hampton
14h ago
And people voted for DeSantis and his viewpoints. What a shame that we promote
people who think like this and utter such bigoted remarks.
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Abe001
15h ago
this offensive on do many levels. we as women (or men) can do or be anything we
want to be and can be more than one thing. if a man can be dad AND pursue higher
education and a career, why does it have to be higher education OR motherhood
for women? I am a happy mother who lives my child but I have a college degree
and a graduate degree neither of which have prevented me from being a mom. and
women fo delay motherhood for many reasons not just education and career.
perhaps they are delaying to save up money first since having children is very
expensive but I suspect this guy is totally out of touch.
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Ti
12h ago
This is the answer…have kids first while you’re still young and once your kids
are in school full time YOU take classes. Do you know how much it’s costing us
all to pay for in vitro fertilization??
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Shazzer Barnes Wellington
14h ago
He’s also a former fellow at The Heritage Foundation, which proposed Project
2025 as a policy blueprint for a hard-right turn in American government and
society. that's all we needed to see... fml
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Monika
19m ago
He is right. Lots of cat ladies would say the same thing. Deny biology at your
own peril.
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Bill Gransbury
2h ago
how long is left on his term, clueless .
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Bolena
4h ago
We have come a long way for this type of thinking!! No we are not going back to
barefooted and pregnant!! Education for women is only way to be independent of
men!!Glad my daughter heard me and is an engineer 😊Improve education and
encourage STEM courses for women !!
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Trouble
6h ago
babies 24 7 and Ronnie you need to hop on it with Casey and do your breeding to
me
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Phillip Turner
9h ago
None of his business
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bob deyoe
9h ago
We are not living in the 40s or 50s anymore. Both the males and females should
have determined and established path thru life before committing to having and
raising children. Aside from having enough income to live fairly comfortable,
they each have a fallback position should something happen that causes a break
between them. I think it's very important for each of them to understand they
are capable of providing for themselves, if the need be.My sequence is
education, life, and then family. This gives each of you time to go through the
ups and downs of becoming responsible for raising a family.
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Dawn Heatly
9h ago
stay out of people's choices - especially women's personal ones !
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silfen howard
9h ago
oh god
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Margaret Hooten
9h ago
THE LAST THING WE NEED IS MORE PEOPLE!! We can't properly take care of the ones,
(children), we have!!
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Guest
10h ago
Lord does he not know anyone that’s worthy of a job. Have y’all looked at our
collage ratings ? Dropped like rocks
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Janelle Jenkins
10h ago
Indoctrination
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Linda Johnson
10h ago
We have now entered the twilight zone aka the handmaids tale
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Janet Fuls
10h ago
I sadly agree.
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Chris C
11h ago
Worst pick yet desantis..
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silfen howard
9h ago
theres so many
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Charlisa Blakney
11h ago
That ass…e need to be jail
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Vicky Bennett
11h ago
Why is that his business?
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Lyn Daniel
11h ago
omg...project 2025 in full swing. Are you billionaires going to give the men of
this country descent pay so these women can stay home and raise their children?
Until that happens your plans won't work. What a bunch of fools
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Margaret Hooten
9h ago
I don't think they care!! All they want are soldiers and people to fill their
Pews.Because, we NEED their Churches so, we can have someplace to mourn our
children who have DIED in their Wars.
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Anthony Williams
11h ago
wow..
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Maureen Fluehr Carll
11h ago
poorly educated, obviously
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DAUNTLESS
11h ago
..crank that baby mill up..FULL SPEED!!2045 Still coming..Resistance is
futile..You had a good run tho..
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Sidney Sharp
11h ago
unbelievable
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