The letter, excerpts of which appeared in Buzzfeed on Thursday, excoriates the Boy Scouts for considering opening their membership to girls, and working on potential co-ed programs that would allow girls access to things like survival education and adventure travel — things that the Girl Scouts just don't cover.
The two organizations had, apparently, been in talks to co-brand that extension, when Girl Scouts leadership got angry and decided to go public, accusing the Boy Scouts of just flat out stealing their membership instead of focusing on the "90 percent of boys" who aren't in scouting programs. The vicious, angry letter called the co-ed programs a "a potentially dangerous and bad idea" and cited "studies" that claim girls learn better in an all-girl environment. [that sounds sexist]
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A report from last spring claims the Girl Scouts membership has declined 12% per year in recent years, and while GSA leadership sloughs of claims that its because the organization has incorporated more politics into its programming, the same report indicated GSA leadership fears a split inside the organization, as more conservative members pull away.
That has feminists panicking. In a near-hysterical essay for Slate, one feminist writer, Christina Cauterucci, begged parents not to pull their kids out of the Girl Scouts or "give in" to the Boy Scouts' agenda of extending their mostly-nonpartisan curriculum to co-ed groups. The Boy Scouts are terrible, she moans, accusing BSA of everything from misogyny to embracing President Donald Trump.
Feminists Are Worried The Boy Scouts Are Stealing Members From the Girl Scouts
......... GSA Leadership is a bunch of Progressive 3rd wave Feminists with a large anti-male ax to grind , its no wonder normal people flee their scree
The two organizations had, apparently, been in talks to co-brand that extension, when Girl Scouts leadership got angry and decided to go public, accusing the Boy Scouts of just flat out stealing their membership instead of focusing on the "90 percent of boys" who aren't in scouting programs. The vicious, angry letter called the co-ed programs a "a potentially dangerous and bad idea" and cited "studies" that claim girls learn better in an all-girl environment. [that sounds sexist]
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A report from last spring claims the Girl Scouts membership has declined 12% per year in recent years, and while GSA leadership sloughs of claims that its because the organization has incorporated more politics into its programming, the same report indicated GSA leadership fears a split inside the organization, as more conservative members pull away.
That has feminists panicking. In a near-hysterical essay for Slate, one feminist writer, Christina Cauterucci, begged parents not to pull their kids out of the Girl Scouts or "give in" to the Boy Scouts' agenda of extending their mostly-nonpartisan curriculum to co-ed groups. The Boy Scouts are terrible, she moans, accusing BSA of everything from misogyny to embracing President Donald Trump.
Feminists Are Worried The Boy Scouts Are Stealing Members From the Girl Scouts
......... GSA Leadership is a bunch of Progressive 3rd wave Feminists with a large anti-male ax to grind , its no wonder normal people flee their scree
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