More overly PC gender nonsense.
Will girl scouts allow boys? Maybe they should just combine.
I heard on the news 100% of the scouts board members agreed.
It is also a big request from current members.
Not so sure if this is PC gender nonsense
Per the news report the Girl Scouts are not concerned. They feel some girls/women learn more in a female group and other learn better in a mixed setting.
Ironic that such a position is not so comfortable for a male only organization to espouse; in trying to make progress in gender inequality we have done so precisely in a way that reinforces it.
I'm all for equality but this is absurd. That's why it's called the 'Boy' Scouts and 'Girl' Scouts. *Sigh*............
Starting next year, young girls can join Cub Scout units, known as dens. Local scouting organizations can choose to have dens for girls and dens for boys. "Cub Scout dens will be single-gender — all boys or all girls," the organization said in a statement.
The Boy Scouts said the moves reflect the changing nature of American life, adding to the appeal of a scouting program that can serve the entire family.
BSA said it commissioned two nationwide surveys that showed parents not involved in scouting had high interest in getting their daughters signed up for both Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts.
Girls are now part of four scouting programs — Venturing and Sea Scouting, geared toward outdoor activities; Exploring, a career-oriented mentoring program; and STEM, focusing on science and math. But those programs have not offered a path to Eagle Scout for girls.
Is there a reason girls can't or shouldn't learn the values and lessons the boy scouts teach to its members?
Does this decision affect our local snow flakes in any shape or form? For people who think gun control shouldn't be on the table because there are other more pressing matters, I find it odd those same people would care about this at all.
I don't think it has to do with "PC gender nonsense". I think the Boy Scouts are just trying to increase their numbers:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/boy-scouts-will-admit-girls-allow-them-earn-eagle-scout-n809836
Don't forget, girls can be scouts currently they just can't attain the highest rank.
Now they can attain highest status.
Is there a reason girls can't or shouldn't learn the values and lessons the boy scouts teach to its members?
Does this decision affect our local snow flakes in any shape or form? For people who think gun control shouldn't be on the table because there are other more pressing matters, I find it odd those same people would care about this at all.
I'm all for equality but this is absurd. That's why it's called the 'Boy' Scouts and 'Girl' Scouts. *Sigh*............
I don't think anyone is upset about this, I certainly don't care. But the push behind it is what it is. It is ok to have an opinion on more than gun control, yes?
I don't think it's about teaching girls or restricting girls. Seems like it's more about a club of young men that have a male centric culture to learn what it is to be an adult male.
Again minimal scouting experience in my background so maybe I'm completely wrong.
You seem pretty upset by it and your posts certainly indicate that you do care. Had you not bothered posting in this thread I could certainly see how you could claim you don't care.
Is there a difference between what it means to be an adult male and what it means to be a good person?
I don't care what the Boy Scouts choose to do here, it is their organization, their choice. But, I do have an opinion on how this came to be, overly PC gender nonsense. Just 20 years ago the Boy Scouts fought in court (and won) the right to not have to take in girls. In recent years it has been in the news again, and people are afraid to do anything that isn't PC these days.