Girling the Boy Scouts | 5 Minute Videos | PragerU

[@PragerU]

Do you think girls should be allowed into the Boy Scouts? Let us know your answer below 👇

[@aimsworth]

@PragerU you really missed the mark with this one. Didn't do your research. Only surface level "it says boy in the name why let girl in?!". Disappointing. Yes. Let girls join Scouting America. Let's train strong American leaders for the future, both boys and girls.

[@jonnyz69]

@@aimsworth No! Thats what the GIRL scouts are for

[@aimsworth]

​@@jonnyz69that's a different organization. You know they're not the same right? Besides next month they are officially Scouting America, not BSA anymore. Now you have no argument because the word "boy" isn't in the name. So sad for you. 🤡

[@RitaHartmann]

No.

[@77dris]

@@aimsworth Of course not! Boy scouts is for boys, period. Girls have Girl Guides. They are separate for a reason.

[@kunibeasley1210]

My Scoutmaster was my father figure. My bio father was a narcissistic alcoholic. Boy Scouts saved me and gave me opportunities I would have never had. I learned to tie knots, hike, camp, and survive. I am one of the youngest Eagle Scouts, earning it at 13. Later in life, when I had to administer First Aid, I used my Boy Scout skills. In the Army, when my team and I were trapped on a mountain for 7 days in 3 feet of snow, my Boy Scout skills saved us. I'm almost 70 and I can still repeat the Scout Law from memory... Trustworthy-Loyal-Helpful-Friendly-Courteous-Kind-Obedient-Cheerful-Thrifty-Brave-Clean-Reverent. We need a few good men to turn this around.

[@michaelsteven5558]

I liked the cub scouts, webelo scouts, and boy scouts. My father forced me to take my boy scout uniform to the scout leader (a great old guy that lived next door to us -- Mr. Rice) and hand it to him while saying I had to withdraw. Mr. Rice told me I could get it back any time but I never did. My father ordered me to do that and never rescinded the order. Why did my father do that? Because I made tenderfoot, but never advanced further. I learned many of the skills from my father and Mr. Rice, but I never did any presentations to the troop so I could "earn a merit badge" and thus tally them up to get a higher rank. Why not? I did enough school work at school and with homework; I did not want to do more as part of a past time. I never confronted my father about his act because I was not brought up that way. The salt on the wound though was he claimed I only wanted to be a boy scout so i could wear the uniform. He never understood me. I only wore the uniform for scout meetings, but during other events I did not. I just liked spending time with other guys who enjoyed doing the same things I liked to do.

[@RedactedcommentMan]

Out of touch Boomer. Your generation didn't just drop the ball, you gave it to the other team and act like you did the country a favor. You didn't.

[@tonyherdina9142]

I wish I would have stayed with it through Eagle Scout, but in Jr High School it was square and you'd made fun of let alone High School.

[@scillyautomatic]

@@RedactedcommentMan ... said the man who thinks a man can be a woman born in a man's body. 🙄

[@michaelsteven5558]

@@RedactedcommentMan Sure, junior. You able to define what a woomman is?

[@WTHshedoingnow]

I'm a 52 year old female, and remember cringing when there were court fights to allow girls into the boy scouts, on football teams, and later women into men's clubs. It NEVER should have happened.

[@richardsaunders3743]

Hear! Hear!

[@hairybubbles127]

Mist women cringed, but did little else. And plenty of men, to be sure. That's why this happened. That's why scouting is dead.

[@GilmerJohn]

My understanding is that a particular unit can decide whether to be co-ed or to exclude one sex. By age 11 or12, I think co-ed works best. Scouting isn't competitive; it's cooperative. If the boys are strong that the girls that's OK because the boys will do more of the heavy lifting. The girls might do more of the cooking or whatever.

[@natehunter2961]

K keep cringing for your own cooties then. Girls playing with the boys has never been an issue beyond bullying.

[@kenpatterson8880]

Now look what we have today - biological boys / men in female sports and guess what “Not a single female liberal woman will say a beep when the guy is winning / taking away trophies from girls / women - no protest with kitty hats while biological boys / men on in the shower / locker room with girls / women, using the girls restrooms in schools especially run / managed by democrats/ liberals. GOD CREATED TWO SEXES - MALE XY & FEMALE XX - all others are fabricated by the liberals. WHEN SOCIETY TURNS THEIR BACKS ON GOD, YOU END UP WHEN EVIL WICKED MINDS. LOOK AT THE DIRECTION SOCIETY HAS TAKEN SINCE WW2 - research Gallop Polls on no connection with God.

[@mk_wizard]

I'm a woman myself and I firmly believe that there should be spaces that are for women only and men only. Firstly because, everyone deserves a private space of their own. Secondly, because sisterhood and brotherhood matter. Knowing how to have bonds with your own gender matters. It even rubs me the wrong way as an artist when people take fictional roles or groups that were masculine only then forcing them to include women. It's like forcing there to be a male Wonder Woman. Boys need things that are just for them just like girls need stuff that is just for them.

[@shirw]

Yes!! 💯%

[@kenpatterson8880]

Remember, the liberals are the ones putting TAMPONS in boys restrooms. Liberals don’t believe in GOD and this is why they make up everything- if it feels good, you can be whatever sex you want to be, you can be a furry dog, an elephant, change skin colors, be a billionaire- be anything- according to the liberal / democrat code book.

[@antontsau]

Its much more global issue. Everybody has the natural right not to allow anybody whom he dislikes to his space. Without explanation. Its MY space, MY ONLY, my castle, to where I can invite somebody, where neutral persons can walk, but where I can restrict anybody by my own discretion. Boys and girls, black or white, idiots or toosmarties, christians or muslims, paupers or billionairs - by my personal free choice. The problem is there are too many professional liars and manipulators who made infringement of this right their business.

[@davidnations3623]

And while summer camps and large gatherings are not single-gender, there are single-gender Scouts BSA Troops. Female-only spaces were added to the program. Male-only spaces still exist within the program.

[@NiaLaLa_V]

I stopped watching dystopian scifi for that reason. When you turn masculinity on its head the plot falls apart so fast.

[@kengilmore23]

I lost my father when I was nine. The boy scouts really helped me. Learned about leadership which helped me become a CEO later in life. Male influences are not a bad thing. We all need them. It's possible to be balanced.

[@pinkwonderpower7906]

Yes!, Male mentors and men to look up to are so important for young boys and teens. We need more of it, because women benefit from a world that is full of men with values.

[@Rastonification]

I was a boy scout in the 60's. I've watched the ruin of the Boy Scouts over the decades and it's a shame.

[@johnw673]

It's almost as if it were a microcosm of broader western civilization. 🍻

[@jefferysmith5921]

I was a Boy Scout back in the day. Telling my grandchildren not to join. They have lost their way and become meaningless.

[@aimsworth]

@@jefferysmith5921 doing your grandchildren a disservice due to your own ignorance on the subject. 🤡

[@zombieapocalypse3837]

They didn't lose their way, they were subverted by progressive liberals.

[@Geekdom-d8z]

Time to fix that Jeffrey fix it now

[@jefferysmith5921]

@@Geekdom-d8z At my age, way past that. Let the generation that up has screwed that up live with the consequences of their actions. If one cannot understand what the BSA has done to their organization and to males in general.. IMHO they are unreachable.

[@garrettelliott2565]

Check out Trail Life

[@maxwinters6458]

I became an Eagle Scout back in 2014, the 4th man in my family to do so. The Boy Scouts as an organization meant so much to me and my family, especially my grandfather. It breaks my heart to see what the organization has become since I became an Eagle. I used to say that I would want my future son(s) to follow in my footsteps and join the Boy Scouts like I did, but unless they right their wrongs soon, I will refuse to let them. I can only imagine how much my grandfather is rolling in his grave because of what the Boy Scouts have become.

[@aimsworth]

@maxwinters6458 are you still involved or did you eagle and leave? What wrongs are you seeing? I feel like you're reacting to headlines but don't know what actually is going on.

[@davedobson5869]

What is sad today it that my grandson got his Eagle in May of 2023 becoming a fourth generation of Eagles and the council totally ignored that amazing accomplishment. I have rarely seen third generation Eagles so one would thing BSA would want to get behind a fourth generation Eagle. I guess if he had been a she then they would have done a big media event but since its just a boy, oh well.

[@Geekdom-d8z]

Fix it yourself you got weight in the organization even sue if you must to restore the boy scoutes

[@joshuacarson6576]

Will the scouts weren't getting SA at the camps, even during ur grandpa n ur time this was happening. The scouts lost the numbers they couldn't afford to pay for all the properties they had. So they had to let girls in

[@tm7619]

I made eagle in 2013. It’s sad for me as well. If I have kids I’m doubtful they will have the same opportunities and learn the same thing I did from BSA. I don’t understand for the life of me why venturing and girl scouts couldn’t be improved and more popular, but instead they had to bring boy scouts down. It’s not just that they let girls in that bothers me, but from what I’ve seen they’ve politicized what was a non political organization.

[@David-nx2vm]

I was a Scoutmaster for years, and our son is an Eagle Scout. Many of the boys in my troops were raised by single moms, and it was so rewarding to see those boys grow in skills, confidence, and leadership. I’m glad we were in Scouting when we were, because we would not recognize it now.

[@grantjohnson4810]

Check into Trail Life USA for boys in your life, and American Heritage Girls for girls.

[@friendsinthefold]

I worked in National Youth Leadership camps for BSA for 4 summers as an adult leader, 2 years boys only and 2 years co-ed. The introduction of girls took the older boys' attention away from the younger boys. The younger boys just goofed off with no one to correct them, and the older boys either chased the girls or held back from hanging out with the younger boys in case that was not cool to the girls. The older girls were fine, but the younger girls pursued the older boys. The whole model was lost. What a shame.

[@m_d1905]

And feminism wants to say there is no difference between males and females.

[@WednesdayFin86]

Who'd ever thunk something like this would happen...

[@oddish4352]

Scouting works best in an asexual environment.

[@edpie7759]

There is arguably a time and a place for a program like this that is coed. I’m not sure, but I say it because I’m open to the possibility. As an Eagle Scout myself who fell away from Scouting, I’m glad I wasn’t around during the transition. Or even for the vote whether to go coed or not at troop level. Then again, they first made schools coed in the hope that girls would have a civilizing effect on boys. There were some older scouts in my troop who liked to talk about how Scouts Canada was coed. I don’t know how SC fares but of the two older scouts I have in mind, one never made it to Eagle and the other who did ended up being gay. From what I’ve heard of the GSA program, Scouts BSA has then beat nine ways to Sunday. I’m surprised the Girl Scouts didn’t do more to retain numbers, considering how much they disliked Explorer and Venture programs poaching girls. How long before boys claiming to be girls start going the other direction?

[@oddish4352]

@edpie7759 It's already started. BSA simply accepts both genders regardless of expression.

[@anthonycharles-d5i]

I shot my first gun and got to experience snow for the first time when I was in the BSA (Troop 185, southern California 1980s). I was a poor scout, didn't earn many badges or patches, but we camped every month, planning menus. Thank you, Kurt Pringle, Mark Leyes and Jiggs Harold for the memories.

[@davidnations3623]

I'm glad you had a great experience. I never did Scouting as a kid, but I was a volunteer leader while my son was a Scout. We both experienced a lot of first in Scouting. It was a wonderful experience. And all of these things are still available in Scouts BSA Troops across the country.

[@evilchaperone]

It's not just the boy scouts. I ordered my annual girl scout cookies this past year from a friend's daughter. Cookies came in and one of the kids on the box was a little boy with a girlscout dress on. Absolutely sickening.

[@samstagskindfebruar8097]

I no longer buy Girl Scout cookies, not because they taste like cardboard, but because this money is used to teach the girls feminism and misandry.

[@kenpatterson8880]

You can thank a liberal for the boy dressed up in the Girl Scout uniform

[@TwinTalon01]

Jeeeesus Christ…..

[@dafunkmonster]

Notice how the common denominator is eliminating masculinity?

[@MrTmax74]

They won't be getting my money anymore

[@jamesyates9311]

I’m a 48 yr old Eagle Scout. My three brothers were all Eagle Scouts. Sadly none of our sons earned their Eagle Scout awards. I turned my back to the scouting program when they took boy out of their name. Thank you telling this story. The wold probably doesn’t care anymore but us old timers still remember how scouting made us into men.

[@billmackinaw9254]

100% and same!

[@rickhunt3183]

Because of what they have done to us. I refuse to buy GirlScout cookies. No joke.

[@aimsworth]

@jamesyates9311 Sounds like you and your brothers dropped the ball with your kids. The program is what you make of it. Taking the boy out of the name doesn't remove the core values of the program, it only gave you a convenient excuse to not be involved.

[@williamirizarry26]

What changed in your boy’s troop when BSA changed their name? Did they start accepting girls? If so, they are breaking BSA rules. Girls have their own separate troops. My son’s troop did not change at all when BSA changed their name. My experience when in the troop I became an Eagle Scout in is equivalent to the experience of all the boys in my son’s troop even after the name change. The only difference is that now my daughter has a girls only troop across town sponsored by a different church so she can learn the same skills my son learned in his troop. Why would that prevent you from supporting your son’s troop?

[@grantjohnson4810]

Check into Trail Life USA for your boys, and American Heritage Girls for your girls.

[@Bay0Wulf]

Until about 2010 I supported the Boy Scouts AND Girl Scouts in any way I could. Now I support neither in any way.

[@GilmerJohn]

Oh, we do. But I don't by the popcorn or the cookies. I simply give them some ca$h. The money goes 100% to the local group. The sales money mostly goes elsewhere.

[@JHarv901]

I earned Eagle Scout back in 1972 and went on to earn another 20 merit badges before turning 18. This was when boys were boys and the scouting program helped me keep out of trouble, work hard on myself and help others grow with healthy challenges, hiking, climbing, swimming, testing our survival skills and so much more. It helped shape young boys into dependable, strong men with morals. We pushed us to not to give up, protect those who were not as strong and a myriad of other personal growth challenging activities. It's a crying shame the kids now a days don't have a scouting program like what I enjoyed. It shaped my whole life to be so much better than I ever would have without it. I still try to live by the scout oath and law.

[@aimsworth]

That program is alive and well, it's just open to more people now. The same skills and values you learned are still taught.

[@ScrappyXFL]

Almost gagged about a decade ago, dude got his eagle (on purpose no cap) for online efforts

[@merpius]

The local scouting is now 90% about the girls. My son sensed it and lost interest. The whole thing is a tragedy.

[@davidnations3623]

I'm sorry to hear that Scouting in your area is so out of balance. In our area of Florida, this is not the case. There are still more males in Scouting than females. And all of our Scouts BSA Troops are single-gender.

[@aimsworth]

All boys packs and troops exist. The core values of scouting haven't changed. Your son just wanted an excuse to drop out.

[@RedBarronST]

Yep, as it has always been, the true quality of scouting organizations (Boy and Girl) come down to the individual units.

[@purebredamericanmutt]

This makes no sense. We have the boy scouts and we have the girl scouts why do you have to put a girl in boy scouts. The girl scouts can have the same things as the boy scouts if they want to. Change the girl scouts not change the boy scouts for girls

[@flaming7488]

We also have coed scouts called venture scouts

[@biblehistoryscience3530]

Jesus said the end time would be like in the days of Lot, the man who angels delivered from Sodom before God destroyed it.

[@HyperionMV]

As a father of a girl I can answer this for you. They both have the word "Scout" in the name but are massively different programs. The girl scouts don't learn the same skills or do the same activities. I wanted my daughter to lear the great lessons that being in a good boyscout troop engrained so I put her in a boy scout troop. Mind you. it is a BSA troop but it is all girls. Ironically, the troop was still not "scouty" enough so I started a new troop that focuses on real outdoor skills and adventure.

[@flaming7488]

@HyperionMV literally venture scouts is there for a reason

[@flaming7488]

@HyperionMV I also don't understand why you would want to ruin boy scouts for that instead of just making your own girl scout troop that actually isn't shit

[@JoshuaHarris-w4g]

The death of this instituition is deeply sad to me. I am an Eagle scout and my boys will have nothing to do with this organization that is no longer "Morally strait"

[@garrettelliott2565]

Check out Trail Life

[@mbeacom21]

@@garrettelliott2565 It's a great organization. Along with American Heritage Girls.

[@aimsworth]

@JoshuaHarris-w4g allowing girls to earn rank instead of just participating in venture patrol compromises your morality? That's really weird.

[@donoimdono2702]

​@@aimsworth- proving you didn't watch the video 😂

[@aimsworth]

@donoimdono2702 I'm asking what isn't morally straight, the video is based off of sensationalism, I've watched it several times, it's mostly buzzwords and falsehoods. They didn't do their research, I wonder if they even talked with anyone in scouting at all.

[@hawkman302]

In Boy Scouts, older scouts would correct bad kids behaviors and be the role models younger kids needed. In time, they became the people they strived to be through individual struggles with a support system from their piers. What helped the demise of the program? Too many nanny parents interjecting because they could have their kid fail and learn from their own failures. This made the troops weak and since the older scouts had to deal with emotional parents, they left. So troops became a round kid oriented vs retaining the core of the program. Then they started changing everything and it no longer was a program to push and test your abilities, but to just go to a pampered program that got political. I am from the Boy Scout program that was heavily involved and had to deal with parents, correcting younger scouts, and so on as a youth. I was happy to have gone through it when it was a challenge vs easy street. Too bad this program fell down the politics road and failed the youth involved.

[@joshuacarson6576]

No I think what happened to the program was camp counselor was dicking down the scouts too much. You must have forgotten that the Boy scouts of America had to pay a 2.46 billion settlement for SA.

[@randyscorner9434]

The big problem behind what you describe is no one standing up for boys and men. The "managers" of BSA fell to intimidation, criticism, and actual malice. They failed to stand and the BSA broke, thus providing a "progressive" win. Unless we find replacement for these types of programs we'll lose our society.

[@TheTinyRedDot]

in Singapore we have Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, one for boys, and one for girls. Feel free to learn from us.

[@fabianmiranda3433]

We have that here. Boys scouts and a girl scouts. Yet this still happened

[@aimsworth]

@@TheTinyRedDot you also have Cub Scouts for boys and girls. Our girl scout program has become heavily political these last few decades and many girls with traditional values don't want to be associated with it.

[@richardsaunders3743]

👍👍👍!

[@aimsworth]

@@fabianmiranda3433 you know they are different organizations right? And the girl scouts has become heavily politicized and promotes social justice and political activism? How come we aren't hearing that side of the story? Why do girls want to join BSA and we aren't hearing about boys wanting to join GSA? You never even stopped to ask have you? Only boy isn't girl reeeeee!!!

[@Croaven]

No male spaces allowed in America. Not anymore. Hopefully we can turn it around.

[@chadblechinger5746]

I have always considered the changes to the scouts to be one of the heaviest blows to our American culture and heritage I have seen to date. The public schools being lost to disenfranchised finger painting Karen cakes was more wide spread but less detrimental. They targeted the future MEN of America so that they would have less opponents.

[@aimsworth]

Girls have been involved in the BSA Venture program since the 1970s, the change just allows them to form their own units and earn the other ranks they were previously restricted from (such as scout ranks up through eagle). The core values are still the same as they have been for decades. The requirements for advancement are more strict and the number has increased from the time that I earned my Eagle. All boy cub scout packs and troops continue to exist and thrive. It sounds like you're just not happy girls are able to demonstrate leadership and skills at the same level that boys can. Eagle isn't a test of manhood or masculinity. It's a demonstration of leadership.

[@kevindowell6003]

I think the question is more why didn’t the Girl Scouts organization adopt the model they wanted instead of needing to occupy the Boy Scouts. The question isn’t whether or not girls should or shouldn’t have the things or experience, the question is why there is such an effort to dismantle an organization instead of building up the other. Merit badges, leadership and all the things could have been done within GSA without disrupting BSA. I think there is value to having all male spaces and all female spaces. We have plenty of mixed spaces, not every space has to be mixed. Boys learn good things from good men that they can’t learn from women. Girls learn good things from good women they can’t learn from men. Males only in BSA isn’t about depriving girls of something, GSA can develop whatever they want in female only membership. If GSA is failing to develop something of value, then take it up with GSA. Don’t try to occupy or dismantle BSA. By occupying BSA it is depriving boys of something important.

[@aimsworth]

@@kevindowell6003 if you missed my comment above. All boy packs and troops exist and will continue to exist. This is a unit choice, girls cannot force themselves into these units. At the BSA level, it's encouraged for girl troops to be run by girls including the leadership. This is exactly what is encouraged, only encompassing the values and traditions of the scouts. Boys aren't losing out on anything just because girls are forming their own units. GS/USA is another organization entirely, they have different values and priorities, IT'S NOT THE SAME AS BSA BUT FOR GIRLS. Some families align more with the BSA (soon to be called Scouting America). This isn't dismantling the program. Girls have been part of BSA Venture for over 50 years, this is just expanding the program to allow them to earn the other ranks they were blocked from before.

[@kevindowell6003]

@ I admit I don’t know much about the organization structure as a whole, I only have a small snapshot from my experience. I was approached by the Scouts to help facilitate with a merit badge, they wanted to use our facility, equipment and expertise. It was made clear that it was Scouts and no longer Boy Scouts. Speaking with some of the parents, they talked about how the boys in the troop stopped coming, and troop leadership changed from a male leader to a female leader and it was only girls in the troop now. Some of them were talking about pulling their girls out of the troop because it had become a girls only troop and there was an element/climate/influence that seemed pleased that there were no longer boys in the troop. As a facilitator, my male presence wasn’t particularly welcome. So from that experience it seemed like an effort to dismantle. So maybe this is isolated, I hope so.

[@MrTmax74]

After cheating on my mom multiple times for years and her giving him many chances to get his crap together, my dad abandoned his wife and seven kids to go live a homosexual life in San Francisco. I'll never be able to fully understand him, he died of AIDS when I was just 16. Never really knew him. I'm incredibly fortunate that I grew up in the LDS church and had the scouting program along with the church's young men's program. I have no doubt I wouldn't still be here today if I didn't have the examples and structure and principles that were taught to me. What a time we live in.

[@jonathanacross]

I had a good two-parent upbringing, but the Scouts helped broaden my view of the world. I had great scoutmasters and learned a lot about self-reliance. After almost sixty-five years I can still recite the Code and creed. They were good guidelines after the Commandments. One of my grandsons was an Eagle, but his brother, who was a Life Scout on his way to being an Eagle, dropped out when they brought females in. The standards had been lowered, and the females were awarded merit badges and rank they would not have been entitled to. They hadn't put in the work that would have been required to earn those badges. The unfairness disheartened my grandson, and others, so he left. A great institution destroyed by wokeness (and lawyers).

[@aimsworth]

Your grandson dropped out as a Life Scout because he couldn't cut it and wanted an excuse to drop. Girls didn't stop him from getting eagle, he stopped himself. Standards have not been lowered, requirements are more strict and the number of requirements have increased for when I Eagled. You sound like you are making things up or basing them on hearsay.

[@robertjanicki5906]

I grew up as a Cub Scout, Boy Scout and Explorer Scout. Those in control of the BSA sicken me to my core with their woke behavior. As a Cub Scout my mother took turns with a couple other mothers as our Den Mother for every group meeting and adventure. As a Boy Scout our adult leaders were the fathers of my fellow scouts and they were great role models. As an Explorer Scout we had a few fathers guiding us, but we were old enough by then to participate in the leadership and direction of the Explorer Post and all the activities we engaged in.

[@ChristopherVigilgte037p]

I'm a current scout leader in both an all boys Catholic Cub Scouts Unit and Scouts BSA unit. We briefly explored trail life, but instead recognized that we could entirely operate as a fraternal unit surrounded by our Catholic heterosexual values AND double-downed on our Catholic identity. We now earn the prestigious Pope Pius VI Catholic unit of excellence awards for both units and our numbers have more than tripled since COVID. Our efforts are a testament to what is the good, true and beautiful, and that it can persevere in hard times. I pray the Scouting program returns to their roots before it becomes completely banal.

[@randallsanchez3161]

The problem is that you're associated with Scouts BSA. If a girl wanted to join your all boy unit, by BSA rules you couldn't deny them entry.

[@aimsworth]

@@randallsanchez3161 that's not true at all. Each unit gets to make the call on it (all boy, all girl, co-ed (for cubs/venture)). BSA rules is that the girls can form their own unit, not force themselves into a unit that wants to remain restricted to a single gender. Do some research before you comment and reveal your lack of it.

[@crkenawell3]

​@@randallsanchez3161 that's incorrect

[@richardk7379]

You said it extremely well. We should not give up this fight. The pendulum will eventually turn back.

[@aimsworth]

@@randallsanchez3161 that's not true at all. Units are allowed to remain all boys. It's a unit decision if they want to open their cub scout pack or venture crew up to allow girls to join (just like it has been since the 1970s in the case of venture). Do some research before you reveal to everyone your lack of it.

[@CheeseWorks-vj4yi]

As an Eagle Scout, the organization is dead. It’s completely different from 15 years ago.

[@aimsworth]

If it's dead in your area it's because people got their eagle and moved on. It's active and thriving in my council.

[@richardsaunders3743]

Right on!

[@jeremyschwanke7467]

It died in my area Eagle Scout and Vigil honor member of the OA. But there is nothing left of the organization I gave almost 20 years to.

[@BW-zb2pd]

Same, disgraceful

[@JohnyTheWizKid]

I'm so glad I made it to Eagle before this shit went to hell.

[@MostlyBuicks]

You do not have the RIGHT to join my club, but you have a right to start your own club.

[@aimsworth]

Girls have been part of BSA Venture since the 1970s. That ship sailed over 50 years ago. All they asked for was the ability to join earlier and earn rank like the boys could if they could demonstrate they could do it too. This has nothing to do about rights.

[@Alaninbroomfield]

I blame public welfare (food stamps, Medicaid, HUD, etc) and no-fault divorce for the rise in single-mothers, NOT "parental irresponsibility".

[@rev.stephena.cakouros948]

Thank you Heather. America needs you.

[@aimsworth]

America needs Heather to do some deeper research. This video is filled with inaccuracies and falsehoods. She should interview some current scouts and find out what the actual program is instead of reading headlines and sensationalizing them.

[@billearl4208]

First, I want to thank you for your video. I grew up in a rough neighborhood and I ended up in the Boy Scouts. I believe it saved my life. The troop is active and we went camping one weekend a month and then one long week trip during the summer. I got to get out of the city realize there is a bigger world out there and spent time hiking and camping. The other thing I learned was goal setting. How to achieve. These are principles I’ve used throughout my life. I became an Eagle Scout before I was 15 years old. Throughout most of my life if somebody found out, I was an Eagle Scout they would congratulate me, but in the last years people almost comment like it’s a joke. I appreciate the way you pointed out how our society is going down because of the attack on males. I don’t know why the new administration would only focus on men in women’s sports and stopping that I don’t understand why I can’t be equal and the Boy Scouts put back to their original function. Of the scouts and I grew up with they were all good. They all succeededand contributed to our society. My acquaintances that we’re not in the scouts usually went off track and they were dead a long time ago. Enough said I’m 71 years old now and I thank God for the scouting program that I went through.

[@aimsworth]

The same scouting program you joined is still alive and well. Since the 1970s girls have been allowed to participate under the venture program. The only thing that changed is girls are now allowed to join as cub scouts (if the unit allows it) or form their own troops and earn the ranks like the boys were able to. This isn't an attack on men, it's opening one of the best youth leadership programs up to the girls who were already participating from age 14-21 and allow them to start at age 5. The same values are still taught and instilled in the youth if they are willing to go through the program. All boys pack and troops continue to exist and thrive, they are not forced to allow them to join. It's a unit level choice. Sadly this video is full of misinformation about attacks on masculinity without understanding what the boy scouts of america program was even ever about. Over 120 years ago, scouting spread around the world, and was never meant to be a boys only program. In many countries for over a century both boys and girls have participated. It's a movement to return self reliance and confidence to the youth of the world, not create a boys only club to hang out.

[@nateb2868]

Our troop in a TN city is the most conservative and is absorbing several defunct troops. However, even though our troop is still only boys, the adult leadership is actively promoting girl membership. As a parent active in the troop I have come to realize the leaders of this troop are also members of the sponsoring Methodist church. That’s ok, but is also telling that where the sponsoring organization goes, often Methodist or Presbyterian churches, so goes the ethos of the troop and packs they sponsor.

[@aimsworth]

I'm involved in a unit that has girls in it. They are doing wonderful, several have made Eagle already. Most are sisters of scouts that are in the boys troop. It's great that the whole family gets to be involved in the scout oath and laws these days.

[@parkersmithphoto]

This is so true. Our local troop-sponsoring Methodist church has been taken over by a butch über-Karen pastor who has basically gone scorched-earth on fundamental Christian values. After George Floyd died, she went bonkers about "institutional racism," etc. and all of that has flowed down into the scout troop. Very sad.

[@contracabal]

This is why, as an Eagle Scout myself, I chose to enroll my son in Trail Life USA. I'm now the Troopmaster. It's worth a look.

[@dancereaper]

​@@aimsworthyou are missing the point. The purpose of scouts is not just fun activities. It was teaching boys to be uniquely men by crafting traits that are typical of masculinity and the responsibility that comes with weilding such traits. It never should have been watered down to simple outdooring activities that create a genderless divide. If that was what was wished for, a new group could have been created for that. Instead, the vehicle that taught boys responsibile manhood was destroyed.

[@nateb2868]

I kept my three sons out of Scouts for years for this reason, but when we visited this troop and pack for the youngest I had hope again. Two oldest have scrambled to make Life in 2 years. and youngest is almost SC. I help where I can. I considered investing myself in becoming full adult leadership as I have an ok background. I decided to not seek adult leadership because of the push for girl membership. I have no interest in promoting that and would not be ok with managing it. I am also not interested in joining the sponsoring church, as nice as they are, because even though I think it isn’t a requirement there still is a very strong trend. I seriously wonder who will be the scoutmaster and ASM’s for this large troop when the sons of the current leadership make Eagle, which they are all Star or higher. There really isn’t a strong / interested choice like when the current SM stepped up and the previous SM. No adult Eagles that I know of working ASM that would take SM. Kids already come from across the county because previous liberal troops folded &/or old SM’s quit. If this troop folds, there won’t be many left in the county at all, and none that I’m aware of that haven’t surrendered to wokeness. Might just look for a TL troop if we are still scouting if / when that happens.

[@freethesheepn7400]

Got my Eagle Scout in 2014. My wife and I are about to start having kids. As soon as they’re old enough, I’m taking this shit back.

[@furthereast6775]

You'll need to start a new different group.

[@freethesheepn7400]

@ That’s how we lost the mainline Protestant churches.

[@aimsworth]

All boys packs and troops still exist. What are you taking back?

[@bowez9]

The changes to BSA is why my money and support was pulled when they started down with these changes. Said as a former Scout.

[@BoundyMan]

Here's a solution, the Seventh Day Adventist Church has an alternative organization to scouts called Pathfinders. While the clubs are both boys and girls, they separate the boys and girls into different units, so that boys can learn to be good Christian men and girls can learn to be good Christian women.

[@andrewst9797]

Very good idea but is it (could it be) 'neutral' as far as a religion is part of teaching?

[@armymutt25A]

That's no different than the "Scouts BSA" (Boy Scout) program as it is today. There are boy troops and girl troops - separate units. They may have the same charter organization, but they are different units.

[@BoundyMan]

@armymutt25A but it's run by a Christian Organization, the Seventh Day Adventist Church, and doesn't promote the homosexual movement

[@DiegoDomingo-o7y]

Other denominations like The Assemblies of God also have their own scout-like groups. (AOGs is The Royal Rangers)

[@garrettelliott2565]

Check out Trail Life

[@seeking_truth555]

Thanks for making this video. I was an active Scout leader when my son was of age to participate. The leaders were a group of committed outdoor enthusiasts who took the boys out camping in every season... camping out in snow, rain, and black flies. I like to think that we gave "city kids" a chance to learn outdoor skills and self reliance under any conditions. I started to sense that something ill was on the wind when the organization banned hats. Because wearing the hat might be against someone's religion. When the organization announced that it would start accepting girls, I quit. As someone pointed out below, there should be organizations for boys and organizations for girls whether it's sports or Scouts. If girls can't get the experience they are looking for in Girl Guides, find better leaders, don't hijack Boy Scouts. Your video's theme of tearing down masculinity is spot on. Feminism has made its mark everywhere. And just to make sure those who think like this are muzzled, they are labeled misogynists. I shake my head at what's happening in the world. Every institution that we held in high esteem when I was a child and through my early adult years is under siege from the new DEI ideology. I weep for the future of our world.

[@davidnations3623]

In the US, Girls Scouts USA is a completely separate organization with different goals, aims, methods, etc. Its programs are not built around a core of outdoor, experiential learning as are the BSA's programs. There is no Girl Guides option which has the focus and experiences available within BSA's programs. And most Scouts BSA Troops are still single-gender. Also, hats are not currently banned at a National level. Perhaps your Council or District implemented a local ban? Or maybe units were encouraged to not require hats as mandatory parts of the uniform because some Scouts would not be able to wear a Scout hat for religious reasons (maybe a Sikh Scout)?

[@aimsworth]

BSA never banned hats though? Were you part of the committee that voted on wearing hats? Sounds like you wanted an excuse to leave. The ship has sailed on letting girls into what was formally the BSA. Girls have been involved since the 1970s in venture in a co-ed environment. It sounds like you never really took the time to learn the program. All boys packs and troops continue to exist and thrive, it sounds like one of those would have been what you wanted for your son, but you don't want to put in any effort. Typical.

[@danielhenkins]

Absolutely not and furthermore, I am saddened that I cannot have my three sons following my footsteps and experience what I did in the Boy Scouts

[@aimsworth]

Why? Does the scout oath and laws mean nothing to you now? Are you afraid your sons won't be able to control themselves around girls? Do you send them to an all boys charter school to make sure they don't harm girls? Do they have sisters? What's it like to live in fear? A scout is BRAVE. Teach them properly and they won't have problems.

[@mikeslater6246]

​@@aimsworthyou're right, the father does need to teach them properly. But he no longer has the strength of the Boy Scouts of America and the original organization to support that teaching. I saw the program being watered down decades ago and saw what this video described coming back then.

[@m_d1905]

​@@aimsworth There is nothing wrong with sex segregated groups for kids. How well they are taught goes out the window when hormones come into play. The opposite sex is a distraction at certain ages. Not every interaction needs to be co-ed.

[@ashleypenn7845]

Look into Trail Life instead. Started by former scoutmasters and Eagle Scouts, it's everything the BSA used to be and more. My oldest and youngest sons are in it (my middle son has autism and prefers to stay at home away from too much activity) and dads are encouraged to stay at the meetings and participate so they can bond with their boys. It's been great for their confidence. My oldest used to be a pretty sore loser. But last year, he came in dead last at the pinewood derby and when I worried he'd get upset, he just shrugged and said "There were some really cool car designs and I learned from them. I'll just try harder next year."

[@ScrappyXFL]

@@aimsworth You've got problems. Check yourself.

[@clydebumgarner7572]

The boy scouts is beyond recoverable I Thank God I found Trail Life USA for my son growing faster than the boyscouts are failing

[@pinkwonderpower7906]

Are they nationwide? I hope so.

[@shishsquared]

​@@pinkwonderpower7906yes they are!

[@ashleypenn7845]

@@pinkwonderpower7906 They are! New troops tarting up all the time! Check to see if there's one in your area.

[@imogeneherdman9493]

@@pinkwonderpower7906 they are nationwide.

[@philosopher1a]

Its *ALWAYS* the mens stuff that gets attacked and destroyed

[@rondi4227]

That's mostly true, until you see the trans people busting their way into women's sports, locker rooms, and restrooms. Not to mention breastfeeding...

[@ScrappyXFL]

TRUE

[@phivras512]

My dad was going to make me join the boy scouts when I was younger but it was around the time when all those gay and feminist groups start moving in and started doing bad things to the boys in the boy scouts. I thank God he made that choice.

[@37geese]

Trail Life is a good alternative to BSA.

[@natecall2518]

"I am a beloved son of God, and He has a work for me to do. With all my heart, might, mind, and strength, I will love God, keep my covenants, and use His priesthood to serve others, beginning in my own home. As I strive to serve, exercise faith, repent, and improve each day, I will qualify to receive temple blessings and the enduring joy of the gospel. I will prepare to become a diligent missionary, loyal husband, and loving father by being a true disciple of Jesus Christ. I will help prepare the world for the Savior’s return by inviting all to come unto Christ and receive the blessings of His Atonement."

[@pinkwonderpower7906]

Is this from Royal Rangers?

[@richardmeiners6535]

That is exactly why I left the organization, I no longer could support their woke inclusivity at the expense of the boys they were supposed to help.

[@cafn8ed74]

"Manliness in its most rigorous form can, and ought to be accompanied by unselfish consideration for the rights and interests of others." That's SO toxic!

[@joemedeiros298]

If they we’re already having sexual abuse scandals do you think having gay scout leaders is a good ideal??? They should have paid their victims what they deserved and more then triple down on vetting current and future scout leaders.

[@aimsworth]

They are helping those who claim to have been abused, and the church that was largely associated with most of those allegations has split off from the BSA. Having a leader that is homosexual doesn't matter if YPT is being followed.

[@joemedeiros298]

@ what is YPT ?

[@osagejon8972]

@@aimsworth YPT was and is only about covering the organizations back side by saying we tried to do something. Every time I had to take it as a leader it was BS and when I would call them out on it I was called the problem. As for having a homosexual leader why in Heavans name would you take the risk. Our troop had a fella that came around, joined up, and was found out to be a predator. We reported it to the council as they demanded and nothing happened, it wasn't until the police were called and a brave leader contacted the FBI that there was something done. The perp is now rotting in prison. I always told them at YPT my first call is to the police and/or the parent and maybe eventually to the council. Abject failures they are.

[@aimsworth]

@osagejon8972 sounds like it's working as intended if he's in prison now. Being a homosexual doesn't immediately make you a predator, just like being straight doesn't make you incapable of being one.

[@natehunter2961]

@@osagejon8972being homosexual does not equal predator. BSA is just a big organization so it got beat on by the lawyers. Schools are far worse as there’s over 300 school faculty arrested annually for sexual assault.

[@Mister_Matt_X]

I'm an Eagle Scout and I got my Eagle right before the girls were into the program.... Thank God I didn't see it but saw girls into the Boy Scouts program is ridiculous....

[@jeremiahj266]

Same here, I helped our as a leader but, seeing all the girls come in, I decided it was dead to me and have moved on sadly I wish it was not like that. I'd hate to br a young boy right now growing up in school, and after school activities

[@lkae4]

I don't get it. Why didn't the girls join the Girl Scouts?

[@aimsworth]

​@lkae4 have you compared the girl scout program to the bsa program? They've been asking to be let in for decades, pleading to be allowed to join like they are allowed in countries all over the world. This goes deeper than "it says boy in the name, girls keep out!" Do your homework.

[@freedomwriter1995]

I'm more concerned about how the boyscouts allowed so many young men and boys to be abused for decades and did nothing to stop it.

[@richardharepax123]

In my brother's house all four boys are Eagle Scouts and his oldest daughter got her gold award in the girl Scouts but right after the change they stopped giving money to the Scouts. The local news media never told you about who became a Eagle Scout until the first girl did. For me when they ask for money Ipolitely say no to both eventhough I love the cookies but there are ones in the store

[@keithosterkamp6207]

Fortunately you can teach your boys the principles of Scouting without joining the organization. I learned many skills that I still use over 40’years later.

[@keithhogan3199]

Girls = Girll scouts Boys = Boy scouts. It’s in the name.

[@GrnXnham]

Thank you, Ben Shapiro

[@aimsworth]

@keithhogan3199 It's called Scouting BSA and next month it will be Scouting America. Your point is now invalid.

[@andrewhunt1916]

As an Eagle Scout I am saddened by the current state of the program. Much of my sadness is from the overall degradation of morals and purpose that the program used to have, and that dedication to truth, which has been lost. I am actually not opposed to allowing girls to participate in the program and work to achieve the rank of Eagle for those who want to. However, I don't believe there should be any overlap between boys and girls in the program. There should be no combined troops, events, etc. Part of the benefit of the program is from the fact that you didn't have girls being a distraction to the boys. It is very much about young men growing up, accepting responsibility, and learning from adult role models how to grow into being a good man. I don't believe the program would be as popular among girls, but for those who want to work to achieve the rank of Eagle, I do think that's a worthwhile thing. But again, boys and girls should never be participating in the program together. It is a detriment to both. I do grieve that it's something I will not be able to participate in with my son.

[@Corborealis]

My father is an Eagle scout as are all his sons, myself and my 4 brothers. Some of my best memories are of time spent with my dad, my brothers and other good and true men and boys. Now at 50 years old I have seen the fall of this once great organization. As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints our leadership embraced and sustained the Boy Scouts for decades and were on the board. However, once Thomas Monson passed and his positive influence on the board was gone they drove straight off the cliff of wokeness. We have completely separated from the Scout program because of its absolute moral corruption.

[@sociallyhostileelement3425]

I don't know how they get it past the national leadership, but my son is in a cub scout pack that's still boys only. After 5th grade he'll move on to a boy scouts troop that's also boys only.

[@natehunter2961]

Most troops are boys only. Boys outnumber the girls like 8:1.

[@JBplumbing12]

Decades ago in the early 1970s the Australia Boy Scouts dropped the word "Boy" and became the Australian Scouts. If my memory serves me correctly, about 10 years later around1979 or the early 1980s they invited girls to join and women to be scout leaders. After that, the curriculum was emasculated, it was made suitable and "safe" for girls, and the boys started leaving, with few joining. At my last discussion with our local scout leader there were no boys in the local scout troope, there are only girls now. Boys don't want to join or don't stay because it is no long adventurous enough for boys. Most of the old activities have been banned for "safety reasons", the language has been changed to be "inclusive" and "non-offensive", the emphasis is on DEI. I loved my years in the Australia Boy Scouts in the 1960s and early 70s. We learned all aspects of bushcraft, first aid, rescuing, canoeing, responsible citizenship, we were taught to always help others, always be cheerful, to whistle when we work, to shake hands and be a brother to scouts and a friend to all,.... I still remember the original Scout Promise, and the original Scout Law, which we recited every week. The first point of the Law being, "A scout is trustworthy." Those original boy scout values stick. Now in my sixties, my prime guideline in life is: Live a trustworthy life in the eyes of God and Man. I am thankful for the Australian Boy Scouts that I knew and loved in the 1960s & early 70s when scouting in Australia was at its prime, and so saddened for today's boys that the Boy Scouts was ruined by leftist/feminist meddlers and replaced with the current emasculated version.

[@ordinaryguy6869]

Heather MacDonald is a national treasure. Thank you, Heather.

[@chewface]

Surprised KZbin hasn't taken this down yet.

[@307cavalier5]

My hot take...my mom was a girl scout, they went oug camping, they went fishing, they did most of the same stuff a boy scout troop did. Flash forward, my exs experience with girl scouts featured none of the above, they did arts and crafts and sold cookies(lousy cookies) my daughter's troop was even worse as they primarily focused on cookies. My conclusion, Girl scouts became to focused on moms "wanting a break and selling cookies". The girls who joined Girl scouts because they wanted to learn out door skills got shafted and started whining to their parents. Parents, instead of leaning on Girl Scouts joined the path of least resistance which is to pressure the boy out of Boy Scouts.

[@parkersmithphoto]

Our local scout troop went from an old-school troop leader to a "modernizer" who promptly started yammering on about racism and homophobia. Maybe that new "Citizenship in Society" merit badge (aka DEI badge) isn't working out as well as planned! Boy Scouts, RIP. You had a good run.

[@contracabal]

As an Eagle Scout myself, I chose to enroll my son in Trail Life USA. Any Christian seeing this video should take the time to check them out. Join a local troop. Have your church charter their own. It's one of the most important things we can do for our boys!

[@sidwhiting665]

So, with "Scout BSA".... what does the "BSA" stand for?

[@rondi4227]

Probably what BS usually stands for... Bull Shift Association

[@GrnXnham]

BSA is gone

[@NemoNoone-p3p]

It "stands" for nothing any more.

[@ddoggall]

It's currently an incremental place-holder for DEI; juuust wait a couple of months. :(

[@Mr8thloadmaster]

I got my Eagle Scout rank in 1994. My scoutmasters were the most honorable men to look up to. When we had ceremonies our Scoutmaster would have mini history lessons in his speeches about Lord Baton Powell. It was a place of comradery. I imagined that I would eventually go through Woodbadge and become a scout leader myself. I will not do this under Scouts BSA. It saddens me to think that we may be the last vestiges of leaders who exhibit the traits of the generation that passed down how to be virtuous men.

[@douglaswilkinson5700]

Having been an advisor to my fraternity I am very concerned that we are next. Title IX authorizes sororities to have women only and for fraternities to have men only membership.

[@billoberg3272]

An older Franciscan Nun told her e experience of when girls were allowed to be Altar Servers. The girls took over and the Altar boys walked away.

[@richardk7379]

Yep. I have noticed this in many parishes. It is one of the reasons we have a shortage of priest. Being an Alterboy gave good preist an opportunity to inspire boys.

[@incogneato790]

I was a Cub Scout leader for over 15 years. You can really tell which boys had a father in the home and which did not from their behavior, and Scouting was a boon to all of them. My church used to be one of the top supporters of Scouts, but they went too far woke and we had to ditch them to stay true to our values. BP would weep to see what has happened to his creation.

[@aimsworth]

BP would weep from the allegations over the past few decades that have destroyed the program, not the inclusion of girls. He co-founded girl guides, scouting is for everyone.

[@mikefugal656]

Thanks for the facts, PragerU and Heather McD. I’ve loved your writing since reading “Are Cops Racist?”, Heather.

[@georgewengler5396]

The Boy Scouts used to be good. I was disheartened recently attending a Scouts Event for my grand-nephew. There were female scout leaders. Women who just can't leave the boys alone and have to invade their space!

[@KenLeonard]

I’ve been an adult leader of a Boy Scout Troop for 15 years now and have worked in every adult leader job. My son Eagled about 10 yrs ago. Our troop is still instilling the values of what it means to be a good citizen and yes, an effective male, in our society. Many of our boys have had no father figure in their lives before scouts. That said, girl troops that allow females to strive and attain Eagle are just fine and take nothing away from the young men. I listen to many Prager U videos and agree in principle to most. But IMO, this one is a bridge too far that strays into silly ground. BSA was effectively destroyed by the bad behavior of many adults over decades. The scouting program responded strongly and has, unlike other organizations with the same problem, very effectively trained both youth and adults to recognize and properly respond to inappropriate behavior. However, the financial damage was done and BSA needed to rethink it’s business strategy to bring in more families. Plus, many females want the program and inviting them in, with separate all-female troops, hurts exactly none. Was there some grumbling due to the change, yes. Did it hurt our boys in any way? Not at all.

[@aimsworth]

Thank you! @PragerU really didn't do their homework on this one, overlooked so many things about what have actually hurt scouting and dismiss the benefits that continue to be provided by the current scouting programs. I wish they interviewed active scouts and leaders to find out what is really happening and not base this nonsense off of clickbait titles and headlines with no research.

[@nosowl]

Unfortunately PragerU videos are more of attack on Boy Scouts than having girl troops. It is creating a false narrative. I am a scoutmaster and Girl Troops have zero affect on my Boy Troop. Are there things I wish I could change, yes absolutely. I think the Cit in Society MB is a more important issue that isn't being discussed.I wish my daughters were involved with a Girl Troop, I think they would have benifited.

[@jasonwright1676]

As an Eagle Scout the destruction of the Boy Scouts broke my heart.

[@upperhandcustoms11]

As an Eagle Scout this process was hard to watch as I had to remove my son from Cub Scouts and stop being a leader. We are now happily in Trail Life where their motto is “Raising boys to be godly men”.

[@jesusjazzyogaspicytuna]

The beginning of the end for BSA took shape when their BIGGEST source of funding withdrew. Russell M. Nelson acting as a watchman on the tower saw what was coming in terms of BSA's moral dissolve and wanted something better for all people. And he made it happen for people everywhere. I applaud him.

[@MatthewSmith-cp3hu]

no it doesn't take a few good men, what it takes is a lot better women, there is an army of women fighting the good men, women need to take responsibility for what they are doing to society, they have tremendous power and influence

[@somercet1]

"All it takes is a few good men." Ha! Good one!

[@eyesopened1874]

An evil campaign led by evil people, against a wholesome, God honoring organization.

[@jackmaher4466]

I am 67. I distinctly remember one of my troop leaders who went with us to Boy Scout camp for a week. He did that a few times. We all loved him and wanted to be around him. He was cool and treated us like we were men. Whenever I hear them talking about boys needing men in their lives I think of him. I had a great dad too so I was very lucky. We have to get back to men spending time with the boys to teach them how to be men. We don't have to give in to the progressives trying to change our society's.

[@jimmorrison-ye2yj]

I'm 79. I was a Cub Scout and then a Boy Scout. My two brothers were Explorer Scouts. Its a shame what was done to such a good and needed organization😢

[@aimsworth]

It's a shame what leaders from the past few decades did to the program and what they let happen under their watch. The current leadership is trying to pick up the pieces and forge a path forward despite having to pay for all of the abuse and damage that the previous leadership allowed to happen. I wish this video touched upon those facts. Letting girls participate seems to be the only thing they care about.

[@majorpayne608]

I was an active Assistant Scout Master. My son Eagled in 2016. Someone asked after that, why did you leave Boy Scouts after your son aged out? I told them that I didn't leave Boy Scouts. Boy Scouts left me. The Scout oath is but hollow words now.

[@lizy0902]

This is my sentiment in our school. Our young girls are attracted to join Boy Scouts while us in Girls Scouts become non-existent for lack of members. The beauty of Girl Scouting is for young girls to feel empowered with their fellow empowered girls. No issue with Boy Scouting but Girl Scouting has beautiful programs too.

[@aimsworth]

BSA has always offered more opportunities than GSA, girls have asked for decades to be let in to use the program and it's benefits for themselves. It's a good thing to have choices.

[@williamholt8326]

​@@aimsworthwhy not get the girl scouts to do the same as the boy scouts. Instead of tell8ng them to do better, just take away from the boys, right.

[@alexdsr1]

BSA basically stabbed GSA in the back. In their desperation to stay alive after they went woke, they started recruiting girls and directly competing with GSA. This left GSA in a bad recruitment situation. It basically became a dog eat dog scenario. Yeah, you can try focus on the positives but in the end this didn’t need to happen. Go woke go broke.

[@racer14glr91]

Girl Scouts should be renamed "Cookie Scouts"

[@qwazse4]

You can change that! GS/USA troops who hike and camp monthly attract so many girls that leaders have to cap their membership.

[@grumpycatuk]

God, I love you Heather. Once again, you’ve nailed it. Thank you. Indeed, I was “raised” by a single mother who was a narcissistic alcoholic. We were always getting evicted thanks to her crazy shit. The only male role models I had were her drunken boyfriends. The Boy Scouts saved me. To this day, the scout law is my moral code. It has served me well. The sense of self-empowerment I gained as I learned my Scout skills gave me the foundation to be a successful man and the confidence to face the practical challenges of life. Growing up in California, the scouts also introduced me to the wilderness and backpacking. At age 68, this is still my primary joy in life and every year I try to get in a few week-long backpacking trips in the western US. During my career (University Professor), I moved to the UK and became a Scout leader for my son’s troop but, sadly, Scouting in the UK had already gone down the path you described. It’s coed in the UK and the idea of teaching boys to be self-empowered as they progress up the ranks of Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, Star, Life and Eagle was thrown out as being elitist. Everything has to be a “group effort”. I must admit, the coed troops were easier to manage, but the boys were not getting what they need. We were simply training boys to function in a feminized workplace. I gave up. Oh, BTW, everything you’ve said about Universities is 100% true. God bless you, Heather.

[@44HardCase]

As a former Boy Scout myself, this needs to be absolutely stopped immediately!

[@scrivyscriv]

I was a boy scout in the late '90s to early 2000's, the only male in my family to not achieve eagle. Boy Scouts taught me invaluable things, the most significant being intangible: how a young man should act. The organization reinforced and normalized being a good man, being kind, helping with no expectation of reward or compensation, all while teaching us active skills like wilderness survival, emergency management, first aid, swimming. It was gradually changing even while I was in, and we all recognized the slow creep of leftism - even though we didn't know that's what it was. Now, as a father to my own two young men, I do not consider that organization to be worthy of entrusting the safety and mindset-shaping of my boys. Local councils may have their own voice and way of doing things, but the broader context of the national organization is driving a relentless tear down of the good traditions handed down from lord Baden Powell. It won't be too far in the future when local councils are all forced into compliance with every aspect of the national org leadership. That makes me really disappointed and I do indeed grieve for what it was. It's no joy to see Boy Scouts gutted and destroyed. It sucks.

[@RedPanther879]

im an Eagle Scout and earned that in 2006. sooo glad i wasnt around to see the collapse

[@caribbeanbound8357]

pulled my boys from cub scouts when they started down this line. sad times.

[@charlyostrowski7890]

It was noticeable @ 2012 ish for mine. Too many corrupt woke agendas (schools etc...) attacking our children!!!!!!We didn't hang out too long. Nothing better than creating family memories if one can, time is too precious. If you don't teach them, someone else will. Protect the children, ALL children!!!! Stay Vigilant ⚓💪🏻❤️

[@aimsworth]

That's why it's good that girls can join now. The whole family can be involved, and not just tag along.

[@Garlic_knots__]

“ALL children” (stereotypical males)

[@Geekdom-d8z]

​@@aimsworthno itsnot get the girls out now!

[@brianbennett2397]

As an Eagle Scout (1969), I have nothing to do with this current organization.

[@aimsworth]

It's a shame you do not want to give back to the organization that helped you in the past. Looks like you lost your scout spirit somewhere along the way.

[@MJF40]

Destroying more and more

[@mikeharvey4538]

My scoutmaster was the most important person in my life. I will no longer have anything to do with this ruined organization.

[@gravl1]

Eagle Scout (‘86) and Order of the Arrow here. I blame BSA, but even more I blame the hipster left-wing teachers, professors, sociologists, and politicians for ruining everything I enjoyed in my childhood. Disgusting.

[@RedPanther879]

Venture Scouts is coed and has been around for a long ass time.

[@aimsworth]

@@RedPanther879 since 1969, we just now let girls join earlier and earn Eagle. PragerU and the rest of the headline only readers panic but know nothing on the subject.

[@michaelnash2138]

Girls have always been allowed in Explorer Scouts. That should be as far as it goes. But boys need time around other boys, without having to worry about "looking cool" to girls. The Boy Scouts used to remember that, back in the day. Iron sharpens Iron. It pains me to think my grandchildren will never know the simple pleasure of a Boy Scout overnight, with a trail hike or a "Klondike" Camp.

[@cravenadventures]

Thank God for Trail life USA, a God focus boy scout alternative.

[@alexanderbreeding1830]

We were in Scouting for 38 years BEFORE it imploded due to failed leadership. There are 3 Eagle Scouts in my immediate family, myself included. The value of the organization in earlier times cannot be overstated. Somehow they eventually elevated a "man" to the role of CEO who failed his own family and then proceeded to bring that level of incompetence to the Scouts. A "man" with a gay son should never have been allowed into any kind of leadership role with an organization that does not allow openly gay individuals. It's a clear conflict of interest, and in seeking to serve his "son", he and the others who had no spine(s) destroyed a clearly necessary organization that sought to instill character into the lives of countless boys, many of whom had no other way to learn what Scouting offered. And far too many of the boys in Scouts had no other male role models. Truly sad and this country is left far worse off to simply satisfy the carnal lifestyle choices of a few vocal critics.

[@paulhornbogen980]

P. staff: Keep calling this garbage out. I hope Dennis P. is making progress. He is in my prayers.

[@jtuck5366]

I’m a father of two girls. My youngest loved being a Cub Scout. It was the first time I’d seen her excited about doing something. She was 8 at that time. Two years after starting her girls group shrank so much they had to join a boys group. She quit. Girl Scout groups around my area are terrible and I’m pissed more girls didn’t join scouts and stay. The values and skills are good for both boy and girls.

[@freedomwriter1995]

It was all the scandals regarding sexual assault on minors that killed the boyscouts. I say this as an eagle scout and someone who is appalled that this was allowed to go on for decades without any attempt to stop it.

[@illogicalbear6200]

Hell, I was a victim, watched the Police take my statement, interviewed me, and then did NOTHING

[@aimsworth]

Yep, PragerU was fine with them being a good old boys club. A protective front for many churches to provide access to vulnerable young boys for their own men to prey upon until they decided to split off to try and form their own program. They only care that girls are now able to participate.

[@Equalizer58]

No, PragerU has it correctly (as usual). Although what you mentioned is horribly wrong, the BSA could’ve survived that. You are focusing ONLY on just one part of the problem. I say this as an Eagle Scout as well.

[@77dris]

This makes no sense.

[@NemoNoone-p3p]

That was a small issue compared to the AGENDA to destroy the program and force policies that DO NOT HELP on any level accept to make a society weaker by design.

[@CrustyShackleford]

"everything woke turns to shit"

[@hmozik]

The girls troops and the boys troops were supposed to be separate. Not the case in my son’s troop. The girls had a separate troop number but are effectively part of the same troop. My son got his Eagle and aged out, but his engagement started to wane after it became co-ed.

[@aimsworth]

That's a leadership issue then. Even so, scouting across the rest of the world has been coed for decades. It doesn't need to stay a good old boys club. Everyone benefits if they would live life closer to the scout oath and laws.

[@tbarron1631]

I used to love Boy Scouts of America. Working with young men, including my own sons, working on merit badges, camping, annual high adventures. Instilling "duty to God and country". Hands on experience. True "boys to men" training. I miss it.

[@steveguti6452]

Update Urgent emergency please join me in prayer for baby Freya 3 lb 4 oz 16 inches long now 5 pounds still in ICU if her breathing improves she can go home in January she desperately needs your prayers please pray for them God bless you All

[@Atreus21]

God bless you and your baby sir.

[@allangillis9159]

Thank you Heather!!! Well-said!

[@apollowolfe]

I am an assistant scout master amd my wife is a scout master for the female trrop. The girl scouts is not a very good program and boyscouts is much better. Internationally scouting is mostly coed, and if you went to an international jamboree, there were always girls. Everything does not need to be political and my goal in scouting is to help as many youth as possible.

[@tokyobrwn]

Beta.

[@Atreus21]

I'm an ASM too. One positive to come out of this is that it laid bare the fact that Girl Scouts was objectively a poor option for girls as compared to boy scouts for boys.

[@tokyobrwn]

@@Atreus21 I'm sure that if they tried they would have easily secured funding and support to revamp the Girl Scouts to mimick the Boy Scouts program. Especially in the time we're living in. It would have been a woman's empowerment, multimedia wet dream. Money would have been pouring in from every celebrity and Democrat hub in the nation. But they didn't want to improve the Girl Scouts. They want to destroy the contemporary iteration of the Boy Scouts.

[@tdkeyes1]

For background, I'm a 16 year, former Cub Scout, Boy Scout and Venturing Adult Leader. FYI, the USA is about the only country where Scouting is boys only. Everywhere it is a family affair with the smallest child and the oldest are in the same unit. I blame much of the decline of the BSA on it's National management. The Board was populated with Corporatists and big money donors who knew or cared little about Scouting and a lot about leftist public relations. Their kowtowing to the woke crowd resulted in not defending against the sex abuse plaintiffs who's lawyers were going after the deep pockets rather than the offending individual and/or the Unit/District. That bancrupted the National organization. What finally broke the BSA's back was allowing the openly homosexual leadership. That was the catalyst for the LDS church leaving the organization. LDS members represented 40% of the enrollment. They were warned by many not to do so. The National board made the decision to throw away nearly half of their members in order to placate their leftist critics. I have to believe that the National board thought that allowing girls would make up the loss of the LDS.

[@OtherTheDave]

At first I read the thumbnail as “presented by _Norm_ MacDonald” and I was all HE’S BACK!!!! But then the realization hit me and now I’m sad.

[@aimsworth]

Gone but not forgotten.

[@williamirizarry26]

⁠Let’s consider a town with only boys in their gridiron football (football) league and only girls in their association football (soccer) league. A boy wants play soccer but knows he cannot join a girls team so he suggests starting boys soccer teams in the existing soccer league so the boys can train together and play each other. The soccer league likes the idea of expanding their program to boys. But the soccer parents complain that having soccer boys teams even if just play each other not the girls, would for some reason ruin the girls soccer experience. So the soccer parents tell him to join one of the boys gridiron football team (after all, it is also “football”). He explains it is a different sport and that he is really good at kicking. The soccer parents suggest he still joins a gridiron football team as a kicker or punter. He explains he tried that that but was not doing much kicking so he wants to play soccer also. Then the soccer parents suggest he works within the gridiron football league to influence the rules from within the league to start kicking more and throwing/passing less since after all it is called football! Finally, the soccer parents point out that girls are not allowed to play football so it would be unfair to let boys play soccer. This sounds similar to me than the arguments made against having girls-only troops learning the same skills taught in Scouts BSA but still by doing it so in their own girls-only troop camping and troop activities. Since Scouts BSA are setting up Girls-only troops, not having girls join existing boy troops, why would this ruin the boys troops?

[@DawgInDawsonville]

Agreed. People assume that Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts are 2 different sides of the same coin. When actually, they are extremely different. Secondly, girls have been part of the Boy Scouts program since the 1970s (explorers, crew, venturers). They work alongside boys with the scouting oath and law. They have fulfilled the same merit badge requirements. The only difference from the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, and 10s to today? Back then, girls could do all of the work for the Eagle Scout rank but were not eligible for the award. Now they are.