Episodes
Monday Jan 14, 2019
Girl Scouts or Boy Scouts? Long-time Rivalry Heats Up
Monday Jan 14, 2019
Monday Jan 14, 2019
The recent decision by Boy Scouts of America to start recruiting girls to join their troops has opened up a new chapter in their long-time rivalry with the Girl Scouts. Is the Boy Scouts organization, which is facing possibly bankruptcy, attempting a hostile take-over of their "girls-only" counterpart? Have the Girl Scouts, increasingly focused on building leadership skills in girls, gotten too progressive for conservative families? And, are girl-only or boy-only youth organizations reinforcing gender limitations?
Co-hosts Anne and Monica tackle all of those thorny topics and more with Denise Dalrymple, CEO of the Girl Scouts of SE Michigan and Dan Root, long-time Boy Scout Troop leader.