No kidding.

My nephew's troop folded, when they heard rumors that it was going to happen.

I think the majority transferred to the Royal Rangers or something similar.

You obviously don't know my nephew...

Why did BSA keep girls out in the past? Were they all just a bunch of knuckle dragging, closeted gays who thought girls had cooties?
Was the lady who started girls scouts a bigot, or was she just left with no choice because of pervasive cooties mythology that plagued our retarded ancestors?

I'd be curious to hear your thoughts.

lol..

Ok, that made me laugh

So true....

Lets gays into scouts...enrollment numbers go down

Lets trans into scouts...enrollment numbers continue to drop

What can we do to fix this? Double down on stupid SJW bullshit...everyone can join boyscouts!

Yes, basically this.

Nothing against the ladies but this kills all sorts of potential trips.

You're meant to be the greatest nation on earth, clearly that doesn't mean the smartest.

Alright, who let the Kiwi in?

Well, at least the pedophiles won't all have to be gay now... so there's your silver lining.

New names?
Scouts of America
'Merica Scouts
Kid Scouts
Youth Scouts

Yeah... what's the point of Girl Scouts?
My son graduated Cubs/Weblos last year. I did about 8 years of cub scouts between my two sons and I can say this much.... the kids in cub scouts are all weird and have awkward social skills.
Go ahead and judge me but I hated most of that 8 years of scouts. I think the only enjoyable things were the car races, which was debatable as well. I'm glad to be free of it. Parents were hit or miss most were in it to get rid of their kids for an hour or so. The kids were all behaviorly challenged. None of them ever really took it serious or had any price in what they were doing.

Oh, man...somewhere out there is an 11-year old Mormon girl whose parents are already gassing up the minivan and setting up a schedule/timetable to ensure their daughter is the first female Eagle Scout.  That poor, poor girl.  

I'll tell you if you can explain to the others how male & female scouts can sleep in separate tents on a hike, and there are leaders to stop any fornication...

Someone PLEASE make it stop!!

Does it really matter much? Kids are going to bang anyway, sneaking around at summer camp has been a thing since summer camp has existed.

When are the 'tards going to make it illegal in America to wear a dress?

I had a couple kids grow up next to me, they both became eagle scouts and one of them went on to become a U.S. Army Sniper.

It was inevitable.  BSA has been going downhill ever since they moved away from the paramilitary culture.

Just my opinion.

Its pretty baffling why they'd do this. There are numerous examples that caving to pressure from leftist groups does groups like theirs no good, including, I believe, their own caving to various pressures.

The timing is pretty bad, too. IMO, we're at the beginning of a time when things like normalcy and gender roles are going to be coming back, not receding, as SJWism is on the decline and increasingly an object of ridicule. They should have tried to get out in front of that if they need people, rather than placating leftist douchebags.

Yup, that was the beginning of the decline, but it went downhill very slowly.  It didn't start to really pick up pace until I was pretty much at Eagle.  As an adult leader it was amazing to me how fast it went.

They fucking missed the mark on this one!  IMHO just start a new program for those that want to combine the sexes and leave the Boy Scouts intact. Maybe call the new division
the Youth Scouts and let the parents and kids decide.  How many boys in Girl Scouts?  

I'm not going to lie, I did too.

Like the U.S. Army?

Why must every traditional institution be undermined by progressiveness?  

The inclusion of women always feminizes an institution as you will now have to cater to their interests (yes, boys and girls are different).  You cite the feminized public schools as an example of success? They are overwhelmingly producing man children, not men.

The problem is not having boys and girls work side by side on Scout stuff.  And despite the humorous comments, the problem is not boys and girls sneaking off to fuck during campouts.

The problem is that in the USA of 2017 A.D., masculinity is under serious attack, and when you invite girls into Cub Scout Packs and Boy Scout Troops then you are inviting in a whole host of female-dominated SJW "equality" issues that exacerbates that attack.  The biggest issues are these:

1.  Moms have problems letting boys be boys.  What men understand as "youthful exuberance," moms see as "chaos, out-of-control behavior, etc."  Boys are active, boys like to be loud and run around, and most of all boys learn by trying, failing, trying, failing, trying, getting it right.  That is what makes American culture so innovative and original.  Females, by and large, tend to be more orderly and follow-the-manual-precisely.  So bringing moms to help run meetings, having moms on campouts, etc. cuts down on the "let boys be boys" time.  We're seeing this in government schools (as another poster mentioned above) and it is BAD for our society.

2.  Standards WILL weaken, for two reasons.  

First, women generally are more about "did everyone feel included" than "did we get results."  Once enough Little Suzies fall out of the Mile Swim test, their moms will petition to have it made into a Half-Mile Swim because "a mile is just too hard, it's not faaaaiiiiirrrrr."  Woe unto the Scoutmaster who tells Suzie's Smother-Mother, "then go back to Girl Scouts. You knew it was a Mile Swim when you joined."  Same with the 50-miler patch.  

Second, the "non-legacy families" that BSA is so desperate to recruit (these are families with no prior history in Scouting and thus no prioer experience with it) won't completely understand why some standards are what they are. So, with their "the customer is always right" mentality, they will start petitioning for change at some point.  "Why does the Scout Law say 'reverent?' That's pushing religion on us.  Change it!"  Or, "Why doesn't the Scout Oath say anything about diversity, inclusivity, or social justice?  Change it!"  And BSA will, which will doom it to die.

3.  Moms do not know how to teach boys to be men.  They just don't.  They don't understand what it is to be a man any more than men understand how it feels to menstruate or be pregnant. We are seeing the results of single moms raising boys in our society today, and it is BAD.  Moms (especially today) treat boys like defective girls instead of letting them be boys.  Bringing girls into Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts will ruin Scouting's good effects on boys.

NOTE:  Do not point at Venture Scouting as "well, it can be done successfully."  Venture Scouting is completely different from Cub Scouting and Boy Scouting. They are older, they are focused on high adventure instead of rank and merit badge achievement, they have a very different mission.

A bit off topic..........well not really........but can someone please explain to me how or why the dumbass 'tards can REMOTELY think how I could POSSIBLY think I am the same gender as this person???????



An RDak look a like:

I have see all of these happen in Civil Air Patrol and it is not pretty.

Too late.

Boy scouts are racist Nazis. Don't you pay attention?

The next poster queen for the BSA eagle scout program.

There is a program already that exist for girls and its called the girls scouts.

Not sure what the real purposes is but I don't expect to see any females in the troop i'm in

Who will be the first to earn her BJ badge?

Let me change that image I posted first to this.............

This is just part of the wider attack on our culture.  The Left has always thought of Boy Scouts as a paramilitary organization that promotes/promoted the values they find abhorrent and racist.

I see it as the same as schools doing away with Halloween (now the Autumn festival) and Christmas (now the Winter festival) because of Muslims and others.

If they really cared about programming, they would focus on making the Girl Scouts a more viable organization, instead of feminizing the Boys Scouts (and that is exactly what will happen).  Wonder how long the shooting sports will be in the Boy Scouts once the women start whining about safety and not wanting to be seen as hostile?

Not surprised, with the men involved in the war effort whether at home or abroad. The women of that era knew enough that letting their boys go on to become men was not a problem.

Edit: spelling

do you really think your grandmother is the same kind of woman as today's third-wave feminists?  

do you understand the difference between a married woman of your grandmother's era and a "strong single mother who has no need for a man" today?

So this isn't a Weinstein thread then?

This, all of this.

Also, for those that still don't get it, Cub Scouts are not the same thing as Boy Scouts. 

Popcorn selling just started up. Talk about a bad time to do this.  Lots of kids use the sales of it to pay for camp equip, fees,uniform stuff, travel costs.  Ive heard from others who are out selling now that they are getting lots of shit for this and very little sales/donations.

The lady who started Girl Scouts was Juliette Gordon Low.  She was asked by Baden-Powell to start a US equivalent to the British Girl Guides.  Gordon Low knew Lord and Lady Baden Powell because her husband was also wealthy British aristocracy.  Gordon Low's father was a Confederate officer during the Civil War and a US Army general during the Spanish-American War and her family were friends with Gen. Sherman.

LOL at the "but the dens/troops will be segregated and boys and girls will not mix." That will last like a year, then BSA will do full on inclusion. The first lawsuit, and they will cave.

Can anyone thing of problems at jamboree's, camp outs and week long stays at camp ?....holy shit talking about unintended consequences !!!

This kind of ad hominem attack tells me all I need to know about your character.  

So how many years have you spent as a Boy or Girl Scout volunteer?

When I was a Cub Scout nearly half a century ago, the Pack was run by fathers, and the Dens by mothers.  All den leaders were "Den Mothers" also known as stay-at-home-moms until Webelos, when we transitioned to male adult leaders.  

Regarding World War II, I was not aware that there were female Scoutmasters during the war.  I knew WWII-era Scouts and Scoutmasters, and the Scoutmasters were usually either very young (men who hadn't been drafted yet) or 4Fs or wounded vets who had been discharged.

They have it, it's called the Gold Award.  It seems to be less important than Eagle because so few girls stay in Girl Scouts long enough to get the award (at around age 17).  For example, almost every former First Lady is a Girl Scout alum, but none are Gold Award members from what I can determine.