The Boy Scouts is an organization that - let's be honest - teaches boys how to be a "man," and, truth be told, prepares them for military service, whether they have any thoughts on that subject or not.
They learn about character, ethics, teamwork, leadership, and they might even pick up a useful basket of skills along the way.
Girls have no place in this program.
Not that there is anything wrong with girls, but introducing girls into this culture CHANGES IT DRAMATICALLY. Instead of thinking about what they are doing and what they are learning, they will be thinking about how they look, and whether one girl or another "likes" them, and a whole mountain of sexual and pre-sexual bullshit. Not to mention how fucked up girls are at that age, and the things THEY are dealing with, which might be indelicate to mention.
In today's culture, introducing girls into the Boy Scouts is INVITING a tidal wave of complaints of one sort or another, sexual harassment, sexual discrimination, sex abuse, unwanted teen pregnancies, and so on. And it puts a huge additional responsibility on the leaders and organizers to take EXTREME precautions to try to preemptively prevent and resolve those issues.
If girls want to go camping in a similar environment, they should talk to their Girl Scout or Indian Guide, or whatever organization they belong to and work it out. But stay the fuck out of the BSA.
And the fact the BSA leaders are so oblivious to cultural, personal, and sexual reality is absolutely stunning. A pox on all of them.
They learn about character, ethics, teamwork, leadership, and they might even pick up a useful basket of skills along the way.
Girls have no place in this program.
Not that there is anything wrong with girls, but introducing girls into this culture CHANGES IT DRAMATICALLY. Instead of thinking about what they are doing and what they are learning, they will be thinking about how they look, and whether one girl or another "likes" them, and a whole mountain of sexual and pre-sexual bullshit. Not to mention how fucked up girls are at that age, and the things THEY are dealing with, which might be indelicate to mention.
In today's culture, introducing girls into the Boy Scouts is INVITING a tidal wave of complaints of one sort or another, sexual harassment, sexual discrimination, sex abuse, unwanted teen pregnancies, and so on. And it puts a huge additional responsibility on the leaders and organizers to take EXTREME precautions to try to preemptively prevent and resolve those issues.
If girls want to go camping in a similar environment, they should talk to their Girl Scout or Indian Guide, or whatever organization they belong to and work it out. But stay the fuck out of the BSA.
And the fact the BSA leaders are so oblivious to cultural, personal, and sexual reality is absolutely stunning. A pox on all of them.