Where did you get the impression that Girl Scouts "suck so much at understanding their audience"?
I'm fairly angry that someone would read that article and assume that if Boy Scouts decided to admit girls to help offset the decreasing memberships in Boy Scouts (noted in the article), that somehow that means Girl Scouts is to blame.
SERIOUSLY? This is exactly the kind of sexism that girls have to deal with day in and day out.
As someone who was a Boy Scout growing up, and now as a Girl Scout leader and Cub Scout leader, I find the Girl Scouts to be a much better run organization that provides a range of helpful, useful skills.
I'm in favor of letting girls and boys participate in these activities and having equal access to whichever experience is best for them. So far, the Girl Scouts have done an amazing job at making me feel welcome as an adult male leader and giving me the tools that I need to support the girls in my troop. They know what they are doing, they know how to create girl-oriented programming, and they are training the next generation of female leaders.
My rage as the apparent sexism aside, I also think that an individual scout's experience (girl or boy) will depend heavily on the adult leadership in their location (both district, troop/pack, and den/group). It's truly a YMMV situation.
I'm fairly angry that someone would read that article and assume that if Boy Scouts decided to admit girls to help offset the decreasing memberships in Boy Scouts (noted in the article), that somehow that means Girl Scouts is to blame.
SERIOUSLY? This is exactly the kind of sexism that girls have to deal with day in and day out.
As someone who was a Boy Scout growing up, and now as a Girl Scout leader and Cub Scout leader, I find the Girl Scouts to be a much better run organization that provides a range of helpful, useful skills.
I'm in favor of letting girls and boys participate in these activities and having equal access to whichever experience is best for them. So far, the Girl Scouts have done an amazing job at making me feel welcome as an adult male leader and giving me the tools that I need to support the girls in my troop. They know what they are doing, they know how to create girl-oriented programming, and they are training the next generation of female leaders.
My rage as the apparent sexism aside, I also think that an individual scout's experience (girl or boy) will depend heavily on the adult leadership in their location (both district, troop/pack, and den/group). It's truly a YMMV situation.