Can someone explain to me why the Boy Scouts had to start letting girls in?

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Can someone explain to me why the Boy Scouts had to start letting girls in?

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Tell me that you know nothing about boy scouts without telling me that you know nothing about boy scouts.

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There was already the Girl Scouts? WTF?

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Girl scouts are trash. At all levels (national, district, and local).

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) was founded in 1910 to help young boys develop leadership skills, learn practical abilities, explore the outdoors, and become responsible citizens. For much of its history, the organization’s traditional Scouting programs were designed exclusively for boys. Girls who wanted similar opportunities could participate in a separate organization called the Girl Scouts of the USA, which was founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912. Although the two organizations shared some goals, such as community service, outdoor activities, and personal development, they operated independently. Over time, however, more girls and families began expressing interest in joining the Boy Scouts of America because they wanted access to its specific activities, advancement opportunities, and awards. These requests eventually helped lead to one of the biggest changes in the organization’s history.

Although the Boy Scouts of America did not initially allow girls into its traditional programs, it began opening certain programs to them decades before its major changes in 2018 and 2019. In 1969, girls were allowed to participate as associate members in Explorer posts, which focused on activities related to careers and other interests. By 1971, Exploring had become fully coeducational, meaning that both boys and girls could participate as registered members. Other programs, including Venturing and Sea Scouting, eventually provided additional opportunities for girls and young women. Women also gradually gained more opportunities to serve as adult leaders and volunteers throughout the organization. These developments demonstrated that the BSA was willing to expand its membership while maintaining separate rules for its traditional programs.

A major turning point came on October 11, 2017, when the Boy Scouts of America announced that girls would be allowed to join Cub Scouts and that an older-youth program would be opened to girls as well. The decision followed years of requests from families and girls who wanted the same Scouting opportunities available to boys. The organization also conducted research and gathered feedback from parents, current members, volunteers, and young people. In 2018, girls began joining Cub Scout packs, which serve children from kindergarten through fifth grade. Packs could include separate dens for boys and girls, allowing both to participate in the same overall Cub Scout organization while retaining single-gender dens. This change gave girls access to traditional Scouting activities, including camping, outdoor adventures, learning new skills, and earning awards.

The next major milestone occurred on February 1, 2019, when girls were officially allowed to join Scouts BSA, the program for older youth previously known as Boy Scouts. The name was changed to Scouts BSA so that both boys and girls could participate without changing the name of the overall organization at that time. Girls could now work toward the Eagle Scout rank, the highest achievement in Scouts BSA. Like boys, they could earn merit badges, develop leadership skills, participate in outdoor adventures, and complete the requirements necessary to become Eagle Scouts. Troops for older youth remained single-gender, meaning that girls joined girls’ troops and boys joined boys’ troops, although linked troops could share certain organizational resources. In 2021, the first large group of young women earned the Eagle Scout rank, demonstrating how quickly girls had begun taking advantage of the new opportunities.

The decision to welcome girls into Cub Scouts and Scouts BSA represented a significant change in the history of American Scouting. Supporters argued that girls deserved access to the same opportunities for leadership, outdoor education, personal growth, and achievement that boys had enjoyed for generations. Others questioned whether the change would affect the traditional identity of the Boy Scouts or overlap with the mission of the Girl Scouts of the USA. Despite these debates, the organization continued developing programs intended to serve young people of different backgrounds and interests. In 2024, the Boy Scouts of America announced that it would change its name to Scouting America, effective February 8, 2025, reflecting its commitment to welcoming all eligible young people. Today, girls and boys can participate in Cub Scouts and Scouts BSA, while certain programs, such as Venturing and Sea Scouting, offer coeducational experiences. The history of girls joining the organization illustrates how Scouting has evolved to provide more young people with opportunities to learn, serve their communities, and become leaders.

Where ya been? The anti-male crowd tried to sue the Boy Scouts out of existence. Supposedly over abuses, but really bc the Scouts stood for America and God.
The Girl Scouts were left alone by lawsuits bc they are much more lib.

But you can’t convince me they didn’t have any lesbos going after little girls for decades.

Their leadership was take. Over by the same people taking over churches in the NE…..

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All of that is 100% factual.

What does it mean?

It means that girls have been merit badge counselors for boy scout summer camps for 3 decades.
Those 14, 15, 16, and 17 year old explorers/venture/crew female scouts were responsible for almost every boy earning the rank of Eagle Scout (despite those same girls not having that opportunity).

Cub Scouts is virtually family scouting.
A parent is a den leader. That parent has both boy and girl children at home. The entire family engages in the cub scout experience (district camping events are literally called Family Camping).

My girls were never cub/boy scouts. They were girl scouts. But the organization was so poorly run that it was an embarrassment for the local girl scout leaders. And to have 1 family involved in boy and girl scouts separately looking at both organizations as a comparison, a majority of families wanted both children in the better run organization.

The Boy Scouts no longer exist. They are now Scouting America. Soon to be Comrades America.

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Girl scouts are trash. At all levels (national, district, and local).

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Huh?

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Gained 200K girls, lost 400K Mormons

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That had nothing to do with girls.

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Girl scouts are trash. At all levels (national, district, and local).


Huh?

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Girls scouts is basically "girl bossing".
They age restrict just about every "scouting activity".
My boys were learning knife safety in the 3rd grade.
Girls would have to be 14 years old.

My boys were officially building fires in 4th grade. Girls would have to be 17 years old.

Girl Scout headquarters moved to New York City.
Locally, Girl Scouts sold their Lake Lanier waterfront property in Georgia because they didn't have funds to maintain it. It was the only scout owned property in North Georgia for organized activities.

Girl Scouts required adult volunteers to be in charge of Treasury for 5 different counties. They couldn't volunteer to help just their own county. They had to be financially responsible for an entire region. This is not a paid position. It is just a mom who sees a need for her county to manage cookie sale money.