Back Porch Files: Barefoot, Pregnant, and Off the Playing Field

Your Neighbor on the Left Podcast · Oct 23, 2026 · 38m

In this edition of Back Porch Files, we're taking a trip back to the 1950s—or at least that's where the Heritage Foundation seems determined to send us. Scott Yenor's controversial report on Title IX argues that women's competitive athletics have become an exercise in feminist social engineering, raising concerns about traditional femininity, motherhood, and even fertility. But is this really about improving opportunities for women, or about deciding which opportunities women ought to have in the first place? We'll examine Yenor's arguments, the scientific research he relies on, and why…