“Boy Scouts Changing Name To 'Scouts BSA,' As Girls Welcomed Into Program“

[Utrommaniac]

Yeah, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts are leagues apart in what kind activities they do.

In the one year I was a Girl Scout, "camping" meant staying in a log cabin with a dining hall nearby. My brothers, who were Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, did things that were a lot more exciting. With "camping" that meant actually camping.

They were a lot more "fru fru" and didn't really teach wilderness survival as extensively as Boy Scouts.


So yeah, I'm all for it. If this had happened when I was a kid, I would probably have happily scouted alongside my brothers. Especially since both our parents were councilors for their Boy Scout troop. I wanted to learn to use a knife so I could carve things. Being particularly awed by a bear my mom carved out of a bar of soap.

Then for a couple months, I was in a Boy Scouts branch-off for older kids that was unisex...but it was painfully boring and seemed to be more about prepping camping activities for the Scouts.