That is a fair point. And as an old school style scouter, I agree that boys need a place and time to be boys without worrying about what the girls want, and I believe the key to that is to keep the program as near as possible, its original intent.
I have also spent many evenings discussing the programs with the boy scouts in the program. I believe most of them would agree with you. However after they took some time to think about some of the real experiences in the program, they began to have second thoughts. Probably 5 years before the program was opened up to girls, we started inviting Girl Scout Troops to scout camporees. They were invited with the expectation they would work as a venturing crew or a scout patrol would work. They were given no special privileges', nor were they given any advantage over the boys. Not only did they hold their own, they caused the boys to "up their game". Something else to remember, when people talk about scouting, the have visions of being outdoors and living at camp in the woods. The key element to the program is Leadership, the outdoors are just our classroom.
I also believe if you look at your districts numbers the family packs are growing in number while the boy only packs are shrinking, or holding their own. Parents these days are not willing to take the time to become leaders in the packs, they would rather sit in the back of the room and play with their phones while someone else does all the work. Being a family program helps recruit new "Quality Leaders" because if the family is involved, the parents may spend more time stepping up to help. That said, thank you for being one of the few willing to step up and take a leadership role in the future of our youth. This old Buffalo is glad to see some people willing provide our youth some excellent roll models to emulate as they mature.