Last edited by goldfly; 10-12-2017 at 12:42 AM.
"For there is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it." Amanda Gorman
"When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross"
jpx7 (10-11-2017)
goldfly (10-12-2017)
On the other hand, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, as organizations, cultivate very different sorts of skills and promote different types of identities. I don't think it's bad at all that girls have access to the arena of the former, as well as the latter—even if Scouting has had its fair-share of bad leaders (irrespective, as you note, of the gender of the juvenile constituents).
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
goldfly (10-12-2017)
Why do I care that students on college campuses get punished for saying "lame?"
I dunno, I guess I'm just weird.
My fiance's sister had to introduce her pro-noun on the first day of her class at Brown.
I don't want to live in a country where I have to worry about your approved pro-noun.
I guess I'm just a snowflake
goldfly (10-12-2017)
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
Men are totally allowed to comment, regardless of whatever skepticism might attend said comments. Don't confuse allowance with regard.
And I'm not calling you sexist; I'm calling you selfish. I don't think you have a problem with women; I think you have a problem with change disrupting a world that's been good to you, even if it hasn't been so good to a lot of other folks.
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
I'm selfish for saying the boy scouts would be good to be for boys.
I had the audacity (and stupidity) to openly say at work that the letter from the google guy deserved at least some consideration from many points.
I was immediately called a sexist who couldn't grasp my own male privilege
I'm excited about the Boy Scouts allowing girls to participate. My daughter knows some boy scouts and has asked me several times if she can join them. She wants to hike, camp, fish, build fires, and learn woodcraft. If the girl scouts was a program that did more of that stuff then it would be a better fit for her, but sadly there doesn't seem to be much "scouting" done in girl scouts anymore.
I've tried to fill that gap as much as possible with family outings, but I think it's natural and healthy that she wants to share her interests with kids of a similar age. If that's boys then so be it.
jpx7 (10-11-2017)