Should boys be allowed to join the Girl Scouts?
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There was some guy that got a sex change and then attempted to compete for the Olympics in women's sports.
I'm a girl that joined the Boy Scouts.
I was a teenager in the 80's (yah - my age is starting to rival that of dirt) and thought I wanted to be a journalist. Via a Boy Scout program at the time, open to both sexes, you could work at a newspaper or community TV station for fun/experience. I think there was also a ride-along law enforcement program too, but it didn't interest me so I don't know much about it. I explored both the print and TV option, and ultimately worked on a weekly community show on a local cable access channel in NE Iowa. Great experience! And yes, I was actually issued a Boy Scouts of America membership card.
With that said, both the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts strive to teach life skills. I think the notion that only boys should learn to light a fire by rubbing two sticks together, and only girls should bake cookies, is ridiculous.
Everyone is a participant in LIFE and thus should have LIFE SKILLS. My Dad is 82 and can't boil water because back in the day, men shouldn't bother themselves with such ridiculous tasks. If my Mom passes away first he's either going to eat cold cereal everyday for the rest of his life (if he can get the bowl + milk concept down pat) or live with us - - where BOTH my husband and I can cook for him.
But what do I know, I'm just a stupid girl who now works in a male-dominated field, currently supervising and providing technical expertise to 13 men and 4 women.
I was a teenager in the 80's (yah - my age is starting to rival that of dirt) and thought I wanted to be a journalist. Via a Boy Scout program at the time, open to both sexes, you could work at a newspaper or community TV station for fun/experience. I think there was also a ride-along law enforcement program too, but it didn't interest me so I don't know much about it. I explored both the print and TV option, and ultimately worked on a weekly community show on a local cable access channel in NE Iowa. Great experience! And yes, I was actually issued a Boy Scouts of America membership card.
With that said, both the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts strive to teach life skills. I think the notion that only boys should learn to light a fire by rubbing two sticks together, and only girls should bake cookies, is ridiculous.
Everyone is a participant in LIFE and thus should have LIFE SKILLS. My Dad is 82 and can't boil water because back in the day, men shouldn't bother themselves with such ridiculous tasks. If my Mom passes away first he's either going to eat cold cereal everyday for the rest of his life (if he can get the bowl + milk concept down pat) or live with us - - where BOTH my husband and I can cook for him.
But what do I know, I'm just a stupid girl who now works in a male-dominated field, currently supervising and providing technical expertise to 13 men and 4 women.
You're a fool if you truly believe if that's what these two organizations teach (and all they teach) to the respective genders.
I can't answer that question as I have never been involved in the Girl Scouts in any way. However, based on their mission statement to "...builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place," I doubt they're doing that by teaching them how to bake cookies.
Anyone that can use there limbs and has access to fire or a stove, and has a piece of metal of any kind that could hold a little water could boil water. Wow.
I am also a Girl Scout Alum.
I had a whole response typed out but then I deleted it.
I can boil it down to this = why should someone be denied the opportunity to join a group and learn because they're the 'wrong' sex? Where does this stop? Should nurses only be women and doctors only be men?
Shortly after landing the job I'm currently in I was told by a man that I didn't deserve the job because it's a man's job - - a man should be in there, supporting his family while the woman should be home supporting the man. I suggested that maybe the best job candidate won, regardless of who had the ovaries and who had the testes because the presence/absence of either does nothing for one's ability to do the job well.
I had a whole response typed out but then I deleted it.
I can boil it down to this = why should someone be denied the opportunity to join a group and learn because they're the 'wrong' sex? Where does this stop? Should nurses only be women and doctors only be men?
Shortly after landing the job I'm currently in I was told by a man that I didn't deserve the job because it's a man's job - - a man should be in there, supporting his family while the woman should be home supporting the man. I suggested that maybe the best job candidate won, regardless of who had the ovaries and who had the testes because the presence/absence of either does nothing for one's ability to do the job well.
So, in other words, your dad doesn't know how to fill a pot up with water, put it on the stove, and turn the stove on?
Or, were you talking about boiling water using only 2 sticks and a paper bottle?
Can't boil water is a slang term for someone that is inept at cooking. Sorry if it's a new saying to you, I've heard it many times and wrongly assumed others were familar with it too. There are cookbooks and blogs out there by the same name, dedicated to those who know very little about cooking.
But as far as my father - I think he can put leftovers in the microwave and cook them on high. I don't know if he can use the can opener for soup.
But as far as my father - I think he can put leftovers in the microwave and cook them on high. I don't know if he can use the can opener for soup.
