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BSA made the decision to allow girls on their own and it's been fantastic for the program.
by compass_copium 1y ago
BSA made the decision to allow girls on their own and it's been fantastic for the program.
- bluefirebrand 1y agoYou actually think this organization made this decision on their own with no outside pressure, or internal pressure from women? I have a bridge to sell you
- dralley 1y agoThe "external pressure" was largely just the pressure of declining membership.
- bluefirebrand 1y agoWhat pressure led to declining membership? Did it have anything to do with "Boy Scouts is a sexist organization" narratives?
- mrguyorama 1y agoUh, no, I'm sorry you had to find out this way, but the primary reason was because the boy scouts have rampant sex abuse scandals like the catholic priesthood. Also Tiktok means fewer young boys so bored that they set things on fire.
- bluefirebrand 1y agoAh yes Opening up the organization to young girls as well seems like exactly the right fix for Rampant sex abuse scandals That's how I would fix that problem too
- nothercastle 1y agoNah these decisions actually resulted in membership declines because they lost the Mormon population and with them a huge chunk of the patrons
- dralley 1y agoI'm pretty sure you have the order reversed. They were already losing the mormons.
- steveBK123 1y agoI mean if we are talking about BSA declining membership, one pretty large reason could be... https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-lets-246-billion-boy-scouts-sex-abuse-settlement-proceed-2024-02-22/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-lets-246-bill...