U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning for the military to sever all ties with Scouting America, saying the group once known as the Boy Scouts is no longer a meritocracy and has become an organization designed to “attack boy-friendly spaces,” according to documents reviewed by NPR.
In a draft memo to Congress, which sources shared with NPR but which has not yet been sent, Hegseth criticizes Scouting for being “genderless” and for promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
The military has provided support to the Scouts for more than 100 years, assistance that was formalized in 1937. But in one memo, Hegseth says, “The organization once endorsed by President Theodore Roosevelt no longer supports the future of American boys.”
Even when I was in scouts way before all this there were still girls around doing shit at our meetings with us. Parents bringing younger siblings along or whatever. It was fine. No one complained and they got to join in on whatever we were doing if they wanted. This shit is so fucking stupid.
We were monsters and they wouldn’t have let girls near us with a ten foot pole, we mostly set things om fire with increasingly creative ideas. Although that might because one of the leaders had no children and seemed to be a male oriented pedophile. Maybe he wasn’t though, idk. I personally had a blast until it got too oriented into building unsustainable projects in the woods for eagle projects.