No Girls Allowed.... not anymore

[clodhopper]

It had to happen eventually I guess. Girls in the Boy Scouts.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...-scout-n809836

Sure, the scouts are co-ed in other countries. But we have Girl Scouts here. I have been a leader in scouts and appreciate the opportunity for boys to be boys and do boy things without the added social pressures of girls. Not anymore. Now leaders have to not only keep scouts from knifing themselves and burning down the woods, but also make sure they kids don't pair off and head out on a "hike". Sheesh.

[CS1983]

It's not about letting anyone in/equality/etc., but destroying something with patrimony, history, and tradition.

If they wanted to simply go hiking or earn merit badges for something other than selling cookies, the Girl Scouts could totally do that. Or a new organization would be formed. Or one of the myriad co-ed organizations would be joined, who allow/do/have such things as boy scouts but co-ed.

No, this is not about any of that. It's about destroying a vestige of pre-Modernist Utopianism

ETA: Boy participation will drop and this will, hopefully, either destroy "B"SA (BS, eh!?) or make them realize it was an awful idea and repeal it; BSA already jumped the shark on faggots as adult leaders anyway

[Zundfolge]

I love how the Girl Scouts of America is bitching now that this is all being done as a money grab at their expense.

[roberth]

Absolutely disgusting, I heard the vote was unanimous.

It's not about letting anyone in/equality/etc., but destroying something with patrimony, history, and tradition.

BSA already jumped the shark on faggots as adult leaders anyway

Correct on both counts.

[MrPrena]

No surprise here.
I've seen male exchange student going into all women's universities in foreign country. That male student is from US.

Next up: Professional athletes keeling down during national anthem for gender equality in professional sports.
"Female professional baseball/hockey/football/soccer career matters!"

[BushMasterBoy]

Menstrual Awareness merit badge? I can't wait to see the design! Bloody ridiculous...

[clodhopper]

If they wanted to simply go hiking or earn merit badges for something other than selling cookies, the Girl Scouts could totally do that. Or a new organization would be formed. Or one of the myriad co-ed organizations would be joined, who allow/do/have such things as boy scouts but co-ed.

Sorry, that is just too much logic for a web based discussion. What are you thinking?


In seriousness, girl scouts is a hot mess. It will take a serious effort to recraft that into something approaching the BSA, despite how much the BSA has been watered down over the last decade or two. That means vision, drive and a lot of work. Who wants to do that? It is much easier to find a successful organization, claim discrimination, demand entrance and be granted access using the force of law and a governmental agency all the while lowering the bar because, well, those expectations for Eagle are mysoginistic and unreasonable.


The gay thing was over a year ago. Many troops in my area lost their charter organization because of it. LDS didn't jump then, but they were clearly getting uncomfortable. It was the more recent announcement to allow transgenders into BSA that seems to have pushed LDS over the edge and restructure their youth program. LDS is a big part of BSA funding. Big. If adding girls causes the LDS church to dump scouts completely, that will be a big financial hit for BSA National.

[TheGrey]

I can see the pros and cons. I think if the Girl Scouts wasn't such a ridiculous farce to begin with, it wouldn't be an issue. Believe me, there are girls that want to learn what the Boy Scouts teach- because the Girl Scouts is all about reinforcing stereotypes and about manipulation, without the benefit of learning self-reliance.

[Skip]

It's not about letting anyone in/equality/etc., but destroying something with patrimony, history, and tradition.

[snip]

Boom.

The girls who cried for equality will grow up and ask where are the real men are. Probably won't realize what happened.

My boys weren't joining the Scouts anyway. Too much time spent selling overpriced popcorn and not enough time snapping in.

[Scanker19]

Menstrual Awareness merit badge? I can't wait to see the design! Bloody ridiculous...

Hey, jokes about the menstrual cycle are not funny and won’t be tolerated on this forum. Period.