Boy Scouts Annoy Girl Scouts by Accepting Girls After 107 Years
The Boy Scouts of America announced a huge historical change to the organization's programs. The group will now accept Girls in the junior scouts cadre known as the Cub Scouts come 2018. Younger Boys and Girls will be kept in separate “dens”.
The century old organisation also in its statement released today said they will set up a different scouting cadre for older girls. This particular program for older girls is still being worked out and would start not later than 2019.
The Board of directors of BSA made this disclosure after their meeting at their Texas Headquarters. The organization's entire directors voted unanimously in favor of this change. BSA harps on this decision as a succor to parents and girls who has been yearning to participate in their organizational structure.
This pronouncement confirms the fears of parallel girl organizations like the Girl Scouts of America, that was founded in 1912. In Daily News story back in August “Girl Scouts accuse Boy Scouts of trying to steal away recruits”. It is alleged that both BSA and GSUSA are scrambling to shore up their dwindling membership.
GSUSA National President Kathy Hannan may have anticipated this move by the Boy Scouts and made pronouncements on it in August.
Her note read "It is inherently dishonest to claim to be a single-gender organization while simultaneously endeavoring upon a co-ed model," she wrote. "We are confused as to why, rather than working to appeal to the 90 percent of boys who are not involved in BSA programs, you would choose to target girls."
Charles Garcia who lately made it to the National board of GSUSA wrote in Huffington Post “Instead of addressing systemic issues of continuing sexual assault, financial mismanagement and deficient programming, BSA’s senior management wants to add an accelerant to the house fire by recruiting girls
GSUSA set their scope on declining membership of the Boy Scouts as the true reason that BSA is encroaching on their space by alluring girls with particular programs to join their ranks. GSUSA suggests that BSA could recruit more members from the African Americans and Latino communities they had neglected over years.
"Rather than seeking to fundamentally transform BSA into a co-ed program," she wrote, "we believe strongly that Boy Scouts should instead take steps to ensure that they are expanding the scope of their programming to all boys, including those who BSA has historically underserved and underrepresented, such as African American and Latino boys." Hannan included in her note.
Scoutmaster in Canton, Ohio, Brian Seeton, has his take that it will be much like the acceptance of gay Scouts and leaders. “Parents and kids didn’t care one way or the other,” he said. “It’ll only be an issue for the first couple of years and then it’ll carry on as it always was.”
Bryan Spellman, a scoutmaster in Fishers, Ind., made mention of the notion that there already were girls in some scouting programs, and that while the announcement was somewhat sudden, it would ultimately work out.
The BSA which was founded in 1910, has made rapid changes in the last five years. Ban on Openly Gay young men and employees was lifted in 2015. In another resolution January this year, transgenders can now enroll in their programs but is subject to local Chartering bye-laws.
More so, some countries has removed gender restrictions in their scouts programs. Boys and girls belonged to same organisation. Canada Scouts removed the gender identity in its name and threw the organisation open to all.
The century old organisation also in its statement released today said they will set up a different scouting cadre for older girls. This particular program for older girls is still being worked out and would start not later than 2019.
The Board of directors of BSA made this disclosure after their meeting at their Texas Headquarters. The organization's entire directors voted unanimously in favor of this change. BSA harps on this decision as a succor to parents and girls who has been yearning to participate in their organizational structure.
This pronouncement confirms the fears of parallel girl organizations like the Girl Scouts of America, that was founded in 1912. In Daily News story back in August “Girl Scouts accuse Boy Scouts of trying to steal away recruits”. It is alleged that both BSA and GSUSA are scrambling to shore up their dwindling membership.
GSUSA National President Kathy Hannan may have anticipated this move by the Boy Scouts and made pronouncements on it in August.
Her note read "It is inherently dishonest to claim to be a single-gender organization while simultaneously endeavoring upon a co-ed model," she wrote. "We are confused as to why, rather than working to appeal to the 90 percent of boys who are not involved in BSA programs, you would choose to target girls."
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Charles Garcia who lately made it to the National board of GSUSA wrote in Huffington Post “Instead of addressing systemic issues of continuing sexual assault, financial mismanagement and deficient programming, BSA’s senior management wants to add an accelerant to the house fire by recruiting girls
GSUSA set their scope on declining membership of the Boy Scouts as the true reason that BSA is encroaching on their space by alluring girls with particular programs to join their ranks. GSUSA suggests that BSA could recruit more members from the African Americans and Latino communities they had neglected over years.
"Rather than seeking to fundamentally transform BSA into a co-ed program," she wrote, "we believe strongly that Boy Scouts should instead take steps to ensure that they are expanding the scope of their programming to all boys, including those who BSA has historically underserved and underrepresented, such as African American and Latino boys." Hannan included in her note.
Scoutmaster in Canton, Ohio, Brian Seeton, has his take that it will be much like the acceptance of gay Scouts and leaders. “Parents and kids didn’t care one way or the other,” he said. “It’ll only be an issue for the first couple of years and then it’ll carry on as it always was.”
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Bryan Spellman, a scoutmaster in Fishers, Ind., made mention of the notion that there already were girls in some scouting programs, and that while the announcement was somewhat sudden, it would ultimately work out.
The BSA which was founded in 1910, has made rapid changes in the last five years. Ban on Openly Gay young men and employees was lifted in 2015. In another resolution January this year, transgenders can now enroll in their programs but is subject to local Chartering bye-laws.
More so, some countries has removed gender restrictions in their scouts programs. Boys and girls belonged to same organisation. Canada Scouts removed the gender identity in its name and threw the organisation open to all.
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