Girl Scouts rebuke Boy Scouts in escalating recruitment war

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[ZOOKER]

The jokes just write themselves, don't they? But none of them very politically correct.

From some girls "unwittingly joining the Boy Scouts" (maybe just the blonde ones?) to boys wanting to join the Girl Scouts (to finally get that "Smoky Eye" look perfect), it's an ignominious end to a proud tradition.

I have a feeling the idea of "Youth Groups" will return, but I won't like it at all.

[cyclotic]

It is a great organization. I’m pretty heavily involved with them. PM me if you want some more info.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Didn’t the Boy Scouts of America recently change their name to BSA where the BS no longer stands for “Boy Scouts”?

[moovova]

The Boy Scouts better be careful...the Girl Scouts will kick their butts.

[Fred Hayek]

Little Octobrists
Young Pioneers
Komsomol.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

I remember the pledge from the Boy Scouts: On my honor I will do my best to help the Girl Scouts undress.

[sockmonkey]

The Boy Scouts here were manning a table selling packs of popping corn outside several stores a few months back. There was not a boy in sight. They were all girls.

[Meatspace]

Boy Scout camping trips will be far more fun.

[PCPOET7]

get rid of the national organization and limit the size of the state organization. require that all adults involved in leadership have a kid that has been a scout in the last 10 years. all the problems have come from politicizing the organization by activists.

[Maudeen]

Read their agendas. . .who would let their kids join either organization. Find an alternative. . .they are out there.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

The Boy Scouts went bankrupt (both monetarily and morally) by letting f@gg0ts be scout leaders.

How long before we learn the Girl Scouts are on the same path to perdition with the only change being letting L3zb0s be scout leaders?

[a fool in paradise]

Do the Feminazi Corps still discriminate against allowing boys to join?

[I want the USA back]

The BS, like good compliant sheep, allowed girls in because they were being excluded from all the good and fun stuff and because the boys’ merit badges were better.

Now the crazy feminazis in charge of corrupting girls’ minds are blaming the boy scouts again.

Boys, realize that insane feminazis will never let you be right.

[a fool in paradise]

It happens, it just doesn’t get discussed much.

[a fool in paradise]

“Take away his power” - NOW founder Kate Millett’s mantra

[UnwashedPeasant]

Cookie sales at risk.

[DoodleBob]

If anyone still cares about facts and actual research vs regurgitating bromides, this generally isn't about social engineering. unwashed nailed it...this is about finance.

Boy Scouts' membership began falling in the 70s as society's anti-Vietnam sentiments leeched over to Scouting. Membership rebounded during the 80s/Reagan, then began a free fall in the late 90s. The Girl Scouts' trends generally followed that of BSA

To be sure, this membership fall accelerated with the SCOTUS 5-4 ruling in favor of BSA's banning of gay Scouts in the 2000 landmark case BSA v. Dale. In part, as a result of that ruling, many Troops lost their sponsorship at the local level. But, and this is key, it is the Troop leadership that runs the show, not national or even the district.

Around this time, National started sweeping these abuse cases under the rug. This is a shameful and reprehensible act, and National's bankruptcy filing is richly deserved.

But this BSA erosion also coincides with a general decline in children participating in "organized" activities like sports. Thus, this a subset in the story of the general decline in children's participation in organized activities.

A few years ago, BSA National started floating balloons that "our research shows families like to do things together, and to tap into that well of parents with sons and daughters we will open up Scouting to girls, with separate but equal logistical setups." There wouldn't be co-habitating, showering together etc like mindless idiots spouted. The only overlap would be that campgrounds could have boy and girl Troops there simultaneously, but that's about it.

Many of us in Scouting leadership rolls called this plan what it was.. a Hail Mary pass to forestall continued financial hemmoraging caused by falling enrollment and rising legal costs. Notwithstanding the partial merits of a father spending a weekend with his son AND daughter, and that not all girls would WANT to join Scouts, fundamentally, a program of building the male leaders of tomorrow with a century of proof will no not ipso facto work on girls. Thus, while National pushed this farce, many Troops rejected it.

Meanwhile, the Girl Scouts had their own problems, and now see BSA encroaching on their turf. Ergo the cat fight.

It is, sadly, fashionable to bash Boy Scouts. To be fair, I've heard from many people who tried real hard at the Troop level to maintain a Boy-led Troop that relies upon the classical program that works. Alas, social engineering has taken hold in some Troops and these men have thrown in the towel. And, again, the tolerance of pederasty in the ranks is grounds for a good keelhauling. I get it.

That said, for every real-life "I tried but it didn't work" story I've received, there are countless uneducated people who post and spout off (usually on FR, I'm sorry to say) that "the Scouts are now gay" Blah blah blah. I can usually tell these Dems-in-training because they rarely ever have an actual story to retell or give witness to their efforts to strengthen youngsters through Scouting. That is likely because - wait for it - they haven't any clue what is The Scout Law or The Scout Oath and haven't been to a meeting in 10+ years (if ever). It's easier to have some cheese with the whine.

I'll be blunt: most people who actually TRY Boy Scouts with their son and participate AS A LEADER, will find great success at the Troop level. The program is sound, and if you don't like what you see you can move to a more like-minded Troop. There ARE Red Troops, and it helps if Dad is there influencing the agenda at the Committee level.

Yes Virginia, there IS still a place in Boy Scouts for boys to learn masculine leadership skills, but (here is the kicker) it requires EFFORT - something our keyboard warriors severely want.

[kearnyirish2]

Now both organizations are in trouble because the “replacement Americans” don’t trust their precious children to unrelated adults, and even Americans are tired of the constant fundraising coupled with fewer outdoors activities.

The Boy Scouts will be sunk financially by sex abuse lawsuits, while the Girl Scouts will be sunk by their disturbing silence regarding “gay Scoutmasters” when the Boy Scouts were pilloried for opposing them. The Girl Scouts had already “moved on” from that topic; it was A OK with them.

[The MAGA-Deplorian]

Problem with BSA is that they were corporate whores to companies that said if the BSA didn’t tow there line on what they believed, no more money train. So in comes fag gots after it cost them millions lawsuits to settle from molestation lawsuits from the 60’s and 70’s. You can also thank Rex Tillerson and aaRobert Gates for destroying Boy Scouts. They pushed for gays in scouting. Baden Powell is spinning in his grave!

[Chickensoup]

Lesbians have been in positions of power at the girl scours and the Y for at least 40 years