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Boy Scouts to allow girls, raising ire of Girl Scouts

Stevicus

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Girl Scouts slam Boy Scouts' decision to accept girls

The Girl Scouts of the USA has issued a blistering rebuke of the Boy Scouts of America's decision to begin letting girls into the ranks of its troops.

"The Boy Scouts' house is on fire," Girl Scouts told ABC News in a statement today. "Instead of addressing systemic issues of continuing sexual assault, financial mismanagement and deficient programming, BSA's senior management wants to add an accelerant to the house fire by recruiting girls."



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The criticism comes after the Boy Scouts of America said Wednesday it will allow girls to join the ranks of its Cub Scout program, as well as create a Scouting program for older girls.

I don't get it. I recall when there were girls trying to get into all-male military schools and other similar situations, but now that they're being accepted into the Boy Scouts, they're crying foul?

"Girl Scouts is the best girl leadership organization in the world, created with and for girls," the organization wrote in the post. "We believe strongly in the importance of the all-girl, girl-led, and girl-friendly environment that Girl Scouts provides, which creates a free space for girls to learn and thrive."

It continued, "The benefit of the single-gender environment has been well-documented by educators, scholars, other girl- and youth-serving organizations, and Girl Scouts and their families. Girl Scouts offers a one-of-a-kind experience for girls with a program tailored specifically to their unique developmental needs."

Now they're talking about the benefit of a single-gender environment. Doesn't this contradict the idea that the genders are equal and that both genders can work side by side as equals? Should we go back to having all-male military schools now?
 

Mister Silver

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If the girls join the "Boy Scouts", what happens to "girl scout cookies"?
And do they drop the gender labels to simply call themselves "Scouts"?
 

DavidFirth

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It is probably just that the Boys Scouts of America wish to avoid costly lawsuits for not accepting girls.
 

Brickjectivity

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I think this is because the Boy Scouts is trying to change and to stay relevant. I have Life rank, and I think I am familiar enough to understand. Girl Scouts don't do much camping in the woods, but Boy Scouts do. The camping is important, and its why boys join. There is nothing like roughing it, and second to that there's nothing like having responsibility for the safety of others. There are also problems that stem from that. There are risks.
 

Stevicus

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If the girls join the "Boy Scouts", what happens to "girl scout cookies"?
And do they drop the gender labels to simply call themselves "Scouts"?

Well, I suppose they could sell the cookies alongside the kettle corn that the Boy Scouts sell.

I stopped buying the cookies after they discontinued the chocolate chip version.
 

DavidFirth

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Well, I suppose they could sell the cookies alongside the kettle corn that the Boy Scouts sell.

I stopped buying the cookies after they discontinued the chocolate chip version.

The kettle corn sucks. I hope they just get rid of it and sell cookies. ;)
 

The Kilted Heathen

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Because fixing up the Girl Scouts is apparently impossible...

This is as stupid as much of the post-Harry Potter retcon throes to remain relevant without creating actual content.
 

Quetzal

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I don't get it. I recall when there were girls trying to get into all-male military schools and other similar situations, but now that they're being accepted into the Boy Scouts, they're crying foul?
There has been a decent amount of pressure on the Girl Scouts to adopt a more outdoors focused curriculum. That is one of the more common complaints I heard when I was in Boy Scouts, girls wanted to go camping, too. The Girl Scout organization is upset now because the Boy Scouts are going to start taking from their membership, which cuts into their profits. As @Mister Emu pointed out, this is a business problem for them.
 

9-10ths_Penguin

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It is probably just that the Boys Scouts of America wish to avoid costly lawsuits for not accepting girls.
I see it as more about them wanting to stop the decline in their membership without resorting to letting in LGBT scouts or atheists.
 

Stanyon

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Take both sides out to the desert and give them ball-pein hammers and let them settle it once and for all
 

9-10ths_Penguin

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Oh, that'll probably be next. People want a taco at McDonald's, and rather than go to Taco Bell they force the Mc Taco into being.
I don't think so. The BSA is too closely allied with some pretty anti-gay churches to bend on the issue of LGBT scouts, I think. It would suffer a tremendous blow in terms of money and membership if it did the right thing on this issue.
 

Brickjectivity

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Sanzbir

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Just an inferior organization scared of a much, much better competitor who's moving in on their market. :p The fears raised by the GSUSA are all nonsense, as an open-to-all-genders model has worked fine for Venture Crews without issue.
 

Brickjectivity

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Actually when it comes to churches there are alternative groups that mimic the boys scouts even buying the same uniforms and using different badges. For example there's a group called the Royal Rangers who look just like Boy Scouts but are exclusively Christian. So the churches are not loyal to Boy Scouts and do not control the organization. You can compare the two below:

National Royal Rangers Boy Scouts of America | Prepared. For Life.®
 

leibowde84

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Girl Scouts slam Boy Scouts' decision to accept girls



I don't get it. I recall when there were girls trying to get into all-male military schools and other similar situations, but now that they're being accepted into the Boy Scouts, they're crying foul?



Now they're talking about the benefit of a single-gender environment. Doesn't this contradict the idea that the genders are equal and that both genders can work side by side as equals? Should we go back to having all-male military schools now?
Allowing girls into the boy scouts and boys into the girls scouts is a common sense decision that is too late already. Some girls want to do more outdoorsy activities like the Boy Scouts, and some boys want to do more home ec style things like the girl scouts offer. This is a completely reasonable decision. The Girl Scouts are mad because of competition, but they need to suck it up and include boys who want to join them. Or just combine the two, call it the boys and girl scouts of america and offer different learning experiences to both girls and boys.

This old fashioned, unrealistic separation of sexes is just silly at this point. Guys behave and learn better when they are around girls. Just go to an all-boys high school and see how they behave. Girls keep boys in line.
 
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