Why can’t boys join Girl Scouts ?

[Anonymous]

Google provided me with no clear answer on this one.

What used to be called “boy scouts of America” is now co-ed and has changed its name to Scouts-BSA.

Why then, can’t boys join Girl Scouts ?

[Anonymous]

Because they’re different organizations with different sets of rules. BSA only allowed girls in because membership dropped so steeply after all the stuff came out about child molestation by troop leaders.

[Anonymous]

Before you get all outraged, try googling it. There are boy troops, girl troops, and co-ed troops.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Before you get all outraged, try googling it. There are boy troops, girl troops, and co-ed troops.

Not in Girl Scouts, from what I found on google. Did I miss something?

[Anonymous]

I found this

“ Fact: No, Girl Scouts has no plans to admit boys into the organization.”


https://www.gswpa.org

[Anonymous]

Like PP said, the organizations are unrelated and each makes their own rules. If Girl Scouts USA wanted to allow boys they could probably just change their policies to allow it, but I don't think it aligns with their mission. Girl Scouts is all about empowering girls. I could see how boys might want to join the girls - the troops I've been involved in have had a lot of focus on entrepreneurship, learning about scouts around the world and other cultures, and handcrafting skills and I don't think that is a focus in boy scouts at all.
But anyway, they designed the program with girls in mind - they want to be a safe space for girls and allow girls to have a designed place to take on leadership roles. They cite research on the benefits of all-female environments for girls and also on how girls perform more cautiously or deferentially when boys are present.
Membership is based on identity so trans girls are welcome in girls scouts.

[Anonymous]

This post on the Girl Scouts website explains their philosophy: https://www.girlscouts.org/en/raising-girls/happy-and-healthy/happy/girls-only-single-gender-empowering-girls.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This post on the Girl Scouts website explains their philosophy: https://www.girlscouts.org/en/raising-girls/happy-and-healthy/happy/girls-only-single-gender-empowering-girls.html

Be honest. That philosophy is at least 20-30 years out of date.

[Anonymous]

Because the ACLU and other liberal groups decided to attack only the boy scouts and destroy it. Girls scouts are small potatoes compared to BSA. Ergo, we have a weird historical development

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Like PP said, the organizations are unrelated and each makes their own rules. If Girl Scouts USA wanted to allow boys they could probably just change their policies to allow it, but I don't think it aligns with their mission. Girl Scouts is all about empowering girls. I could see how boys might want to join the girls - the troops I've been involved in have had a lot of focus on entrepreneurship, learning about scouts around the world and other cultures, and handcrafting skills and I don't think that is a focus in boy scouts at all.
But anyway, they designed the program with girls in mind - they want to be a safe space for girls and allow girls to have a designed place to take on leadership roles. They cite research on the benefits of all-female environments for girls and also on how girls perform more cautiously or deferentially when boys are present.
Membership is based on identity so trans girls are welcome in girls scouts.

As a parent of a boy and a girl, I absolutely love how there are girl- only spaces for my daughter (she does Girl Scouts and girls on the run- has friends who do girls who code but she isn’t interested). I truly, truly wish there were similar boys-only spaces for my son.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because the ACLU and other liberal groups decided to attack only the boy scouts and destroy it. Girls scouts are small potatoes compared to BSA. Ergo, we have a weird historical development

I think it’s okay to hold an organization accountable for systemic child molestation, don’t you? Girl Scouts didn’t have that problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like PP said, the organizations are unrelated and each makes their own rules. If Girl Scouts USA wanted to allow boys they could probably just change their policies to allow it, but I don't think it aligns with their mission. Girl Scouts is all about empowering girls. I could see how boys might want to join the girls - the troops I've been involved in have had a lot of focus on entrepreneurship, learning about scouts around the world and other cultures, and handcrafting skills and I don't think that is a focus in boy scouts at all.
But anyway, they designed the program with girls in mind - they want to be a safe space for girls and allow girls to have a designed place to take on leadership roles. They cite research on the benefits of all-female environments for girls and also on how girls perform more cautiously or deferentially when boys are present.
Membership is based on identity so trans girls are welcome in girls scouts.

As a parent of a boy and a girl, I absolutely love how there are girl- only spaces for my daughter (she does Girl Scouts and girls on the run- has friends who do girls who code but she isn’t interested). I truly, truly wish there were similar boys-only spaces for my son.

Your son can join Hero Boys Run Club. It's started by a lot of people who were involved in Girls on the Run

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because the ACLU and other liberal groups decided to attack only the boy scouts and destroy it. Girls scouts are small potatoes compared to BSA. Ergo, we have a weird historical development

LOL no, not at all. Girls were clamoring to officially join Boy Scouts back in the 90s when I was going through the program. Lots of sisters of fellow Boy Scouts would attend like 90% of our events, participate, but were not allowed to earn any of the badges or ranks.

Boy Scouts changed to "Scouts" because out of self-preservation. The organization was in its death throes after the child abuse settlement with victims.

The Mormon Church decided to pull out of Boy Scouts when it was clear the organization needed more independent oversight and their boys composed something like 25% of all Boy Scouts in the U.S.

Admitting girls and changing the name to "Scouts" was just capitalism in action. You need to broaden your customer base to save a failing business.

[Anonymous]

What Scouts BSA chooses to do with its membership has nothing to do with what Girl Scouts of the USA chooses to do with its membership.

It's like asking if IHOP serves hamburgers why doesn't Burger King serve pancakes. One thing has nothing to do with the other.

[Anonymous]

The mission of Girl Scouts of USA is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place.

They feel they can best do that in an environment that doesn't include boys.