A professor at the University of Idaho made comments about independent women beingmedicated, meddlesome and quarrelsome.
The National Conservatism Conference in Florida was where Scott Yenor made the comments. The nurse from Idaho posted a video with excerpts of his speech on TikTok.
During the conference, Yenor said that the culture is steeped in feminism. It teaches young boys and girls that they are motivated by the same things and want the same things.
Girls are told to be as independent as boys are.
He said feminism is a threat to strong families.
He called universities "indoctrination camps" and "the citadels of our gynecocracy" and said the country needs to "de-emphasize" its colleges and universities.
He said that young men must be respectable and responsible to inspire young women to be secure with feminine goals of homemaking and having children. It's important that women aren't recruited into engineering, but rather that more men become engineers. Ditto for med school, the law, and every trade.
The school supports free speech.
Mike Sharp said that the university supports academic freedom and the expression of ideas. The Office of Institutional Compliance and Ethics can be contacted by people who want to file a complaint.
According to Sharp, the open exchange of ideas can introduce uncomfortable and even offensive ideas. The First Amendment rights of any members of our community, regardless of whether we agree or disagree with the message, cannot be interfered with by the university. No single faculty member has a definition of what a public university stands for.
A TikTok was posted analyzing parts of the speech from the account socialistlyawkward, which caused Yenor's comments to be shared widely on social media. The video had more than 42,000 likes. Former students, public officials and community activists have spoken out on social media about their experiences with Yenor as a professor.
A request for comment was not immediately responded to by Yenor.
The task force investigated so-called indoctrination in Idaho schools. The task force held four meetings over the summer, where they heard mostly from people who supported their views and presented a set of vague recommendations at their final meeting.
He has caused controversy before for his comments. He was known for writing an article in which he claimed that trans activists were trying to undermine parental rights.
The most offensive part of his comments were when he said women shouldn't be recruited into law, engineering and medicine. She said that the admission leaves him and the university open to a Title IX complaint.
He has power. The co- founder of the Idaho 97 Project told the Statesman that he has the power to issue a grade. It is disgusting. He needs to come into the current century, but it doesn't sound like he will.
She said that she was looking to hear from students who had bad experiences with Yenor to connect them with lawyers and make sure they were held accountable. The protests should also be expected of Yenor.
She said that women are not giving up on their fight for a place in society. It doesn't matter what Scott says. We are not leaving. We are not going away. We are not going to let this happen. It is not okay.
We are not going back to the 1950s.
State Sen. Wintrow said the comments made by Yenor were dehumanizing.
She said he is a spokesman for a group that doesn't support public education.
You start to wonder what the goal is. Wintrow spoke to the Statesman. It is a problem if it is to set us back in time and deny women from as far as we have come.
Wintrow said that Yenor's comments were based on fear that a way of life was being threatened. She wondered if his comments had translated into actions or prejudice against women in his classes.
Wintrow said that they are not going back to the 1950s. I don't know what people are afraid of. Let's stop using our weapons. Let people be who they want to be.
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