Boyscouts question....(Boyscouts only please!!!)?

Question

Is there ANYTHING that says a girl cannot be in boyscouts? Czu I looked at my cousind thing and I didn't spot anything.....please tell me if you know...?

(This might be the wrong category cuz I couldn't find one that fit)

Answer 1

Willie D. is correct.

One can join Scouting outside the U.S. where it's co-ed in most or all countries.

My experience: 2 kids in Scouting.  I'm an Assistant Den Leader and an Assistant Scout Master.  I was in two Scout Troops and in Cubs as a kid in the 1970's.  

I've asked my local council about allowing sibling girls to attend Cub Summer Camps.  They would like to, did in the past, but National Council put a stop to it.  My daughter would love to participate at Cub Scout Camps.  Per her, "Brownies and "Try-It's" suck".  

There are a couple institutions that effectively hold financial control of Scouting in this country.  They've blocked all attempts to make Scouting co-ed.  Right or wrong, that's the way it is.  They've also blocked the assimilation of homosexuals in the U.S.  Right or wrong, the biggest reasons revolve around a liability standpoint and the very real prospect of loosing traditional sponsors (major funding).

Overall, what it has done is keep Scouting viable as a very good place to give kids and young adults some sense of societal and civic responsibility, charity, environmental stewardship, etc.

The Troops and Packs I've been involved with don't discriminate or create moral right wingers contrary to the current stereotypes.

Since there's an ongoing chance I could move to Canada, I did some poking around on Scouting there where it is co-ed.

Per their latest Annual Report and a 2008 article, Canada opened Scouting to literally everyone.  As a result, they appear to have suffered badly.  No longer seen as a "safe" place for boys, they've lost many sponsors (funding), dropped (can't afford or couldn't get) much of their liability insurance, are liquidating properties (really great land), and have seen registered membership crash (from around 300,000 in the late 1990's to less than 100,000 today.  It's still declining.  A real shame.

Answer 2

Girls age 14-20 may join the branch of the BSA called Venturing. Girls under the age of 14 may not join the Boy Scouts.

The joining requirements are spelled out on the application and are also available at:

http://www.scouting.org/Media/FactSheets...

Here is information on the co-ed Venturing program:

http://www.scouting.org/Venturing.aspx