Boy Scouts Will Admit Girls, Allow Them to Earn Eagle Scout

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_Jersey Girl
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Re: Boy Scouts Will Admit Girls, Allow Them to Earn Eagle Sc

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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:Jersey Girl,

See. I knew this would happen with you.

The Girl Scouts just don't compete with the Boy Scouts in culture, outdoorism, or, you know, Scouting. You're basically doing the thing where someone might claim that, say, in the Army because a Military Intelligence unit goes to the field that they're basically Special Forces.

They are two worlds apart in organization, structure, culture, and objectives.

The Girl Scouts and the Boy Scouts are very different worlds. To imply that they're not really that different or the Girl Scouts do what the Boy Scouts do is just disingenuous.

- Doc


I'm not implying that they're not really that different. I was asking out of my own curiosity. Thanks for reading my mind though.

Did you earn a badge for that crap?
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Re: Boy Scouts Will Admit Girls, Allow Them to Earn Eagle Sc

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Jersey Girl wrote:It's called the Gold Award.

I spent 18 years in GSUSA, combination girl member and adult member years, leader of two troops, PR coordinator, Level 3 Camp Crafter. That means I have advanced outdoor and survival skills. The main focus of both of my troops was camping and outdoor skills development that I offered in a series of progressive experiences. I had one Dad who was an Eagle Scout who took on the orienteering portion of our training for the troops on one of our extended camping trips and took direction from me.

I was actually called upon to provide resources for the local Ward Boy Scout troop.

What were the girls missing out on in their own troops? Can you share?


Jersey Girl, I apologize that I somehow missed your question to me on this thread. I know it is a bit late but I felt like you deserved a response.

I think your general comments that Girl Scouts can do any activity Boy Scouts do but with their troop instead are very true (even if only in theory sometimes). The problem my friends faced was that the largest local GSUSA group did not wish to go backpacking at Philmont, visit Sea Base, explore the Canadian wilderness at Northern Tier or tens/hundreds of other places our BSA troop was trying to go. Instead of forming their own Girl Scout troop it was considerably simpler for them to just attach to an org that already shared their same goals.
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Re: Boy Scouts Will Admit Girls, Allow Them to Earn Eagle Sc

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Overheard in a Cafe in Provo, UT on the change.

"the ugly ones will get the rank of Beagle Scouts".
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