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Journal by takyon
Boy Scouts 'Exploring' Co-Ed Programming Provokes Girl Scout Ire
Girl Scouts Accuse Boy Scouts of Recruiting Girls, Souring Century-Old Friendship
Editorial: On their honor, the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts should settle their boundary issues
Parents, Don’t Let Your Girls Join the Boy Scouts
Lots Of Girls Want To Join The Boy Scouts. What's The Problem With That?
I can sense film scripts being written about this.
Boy Scouts Accused of "Covert Campaign to Recruit Girls"
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Can anyone remember when the times were not hard, and money not scarce?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Gaaark on Friday August 25 2017, @11:29PM
When I was really young (5-7ish?) I had to go along to girl guide camp with my mom who was a leader. They did all kinds of things, and I remember watching one of the bugs that walks on water and thinking "how the hell does it do that?".
Had lots of fun.
Joined Cubs and all we did all night was play murder ball. Fun the first couple weeks, shit lousy after that. Week after week after week.
Good leadership vs. baaaaaad leadership.
Wish the girls had been in cubs: would have been more interested, lol.
Never did go to scouts after the shit cubs. Akaela, we'll play murder ball! Feck.
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(Score: 2) by chromas on Friday August 25 2017, @11:49PM (2 children)
But what if they identify as boys [tumblr.com]?
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday August 26 2017, @01:51AM
The answer is apparently yes:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/30/us/boy-scouts-transgender-membership/index.html [cnn.com]
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/31/512541372/boy-scouts-will-admit-transgender-boys [npr.org]
So basically they may be dropping the requirement that you identify as a boy.
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by chromas on Saturday August 26 2017, @02:30AM
(Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Saturday August 26 2017, @04:33PM
I've seem cubs and I've seen Brownies, having had several different children. They are different styles of organization and have different kinds of programs. My girl could have joined cubs, but chose Brownies. I think it suited her very well. I think she would not have fitted into cubs at all. Had she been a very different girl, cubs would have worked for her.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 27 2017, @02:18AM (1 child)
Good non-political girl groups no longer exist. Camp Fire Girls was one. We can't have that in today's polarized society.
If you want to hang with SJW lesbians and help finance abortion providers, you join Girl Scouts. Ugh.
The better alternative today is American Heritage Girls, assuming you can tolerate religion.
(Score: 2) by chromas on Monday August 28 2017, @12:59AM
SJWs are religious too. Intersectionalism. They have fewer deaths under their belt, but they're pretty new.
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Sunday August 27 2017, @05:43AM
In UK: 1976
In Australia: 1973
World has not ended.
Girl Guides still exist (although they were declining in membership before Scouts took girls, so cause/effect are not easily unlinked)
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by cmn32480 on Friday September 01 2017, @06:01PM
There are programs for girls as part of the BSA. Venture Scouts start at age 15 and goes to 21. It is a co-ed group.
Cub Scouts and standard BSA are all male, at this time.
My biggest concern is NOT the Cub Scouts. It is the Boy Scouts. 13-15 year old boys and girls are not exactly known for making good decisions. Put them out camping in the woods... now you have to be thinking about preventing them from getting together at night. It is a gigantic mess in the making.
I predict two sets of lawsuits will happen...
1) To get girls into the BSA
2) After the first girl gets pregnant for why didn't BSA do something more to protect them.
The answer is for the Girl Scouts to get better leaders who do more stuff like the Boy Scouts.
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