Yes, exactly
In days gone by the Boy Scouts prepared boys to be men, Godly Men.
First they removed God from the equation.
Then they added Gays to the mix
Then the final nail in the coffin was forcing girls in to the tent.
Now the Scouts are simply a social club for groomers.
I always felt it was important for boys to be able to do things together without girls involved.
At those ages where guys are trying to figure out who and what they are, girls were extraordinarily distracting.
Sure, it could have been just me, but at those ages, girls were a mental wrecking ball for me, and I don’t think I was alone in this. I was nearly girl crazy, couldn’t think of anything else when they were around.
Even in PhysEd classes, even though you were in a class of only guys, there were girls in the same gymnasium or on the next field over.
Boy Scouts rarely had girls around when engaged in activities, and I think that was a good thing to have that outlet as a young guy.
It had been my observation that many young guys changed their behavior when girls were around, including me. Not saying it was good or bad, just reality.
I guess if I had to boil it down, when girls were around, I wanted to get the attention of the girls, but when it was all guys as it was in Boy Scouts, I was trying to get the respect of the other guys.
Those are two very different paths of activity, and the information learned/lessons obtained were very different, and honestly more constructive in Boy Scouts.