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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our experience with Girl Scouts has stunk. The whole program has changed its focus from exploring to education. They do lane activities in a church basement and have to answer questions from their handout. Like reading comprehension questions. It’s so focused on protocol and procedures you can see it’s neofascist roots. I’m completely turned off. I do know some troops are different, but we’re done.[/quote]

We are one year into it and already tired of it. Reams of material but you can never get any real help. Cookies sales last forever. Not enough outdoor emphasis but a lot of [b]fake girl power BS[/b] with pink flowers printed on a hand out.[/quote]

Oh yes.  And when you say:  "A girl can be anything she wants!" of course the first thing a girl will think is, "Oh, could I not? Is there an otherwise?" It cues them in and reinforces their second-class status.  But if makes us feel good.[/quote]

I don’t think that social science backs you up on that, as far as how girls experience that statement.  But the sad fact is that girls are still receiving messages (explicit and implicit) that they are not fully welcome in all spaces.  You only need to look at the stats for drop-off in female participation in tech, as girls grow older, to see that.  Or maybe talk to some women in the military about the harassment they experience?  Or the DC middle schooler who started the “raise your hand!l program for girls after seeing boy predominate at an extracurricular event at her school.  [/quote]

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