LogFAQs > #980285637

The comments are blaming the woke but this change is 100% free-market capitalism. Fact of the matter is Boy Scouts have grown less and less relevant throughout the years and membership has been in decline along with it. They weren't flourishing before getting hit with a gigantic, entirely deserved legal judgment. They needed to find a way to make more money. And fast.

What's the best way to increase membership and revenue? You double your potential member pool by letting all genders join.

I'd be curious as to how many of the people rage commenting were/are actively involved in Boy Scouts, because as someone who was super involved for years this change warrants a resounding "okay" out of me. High school me would have fucking loved it. Today, I do recognize that there is value in having spaces to foster healthy male bonding, so I can understand the disappointment in losing Boy Scouts as that sort of venue, especially for boys who don't gravitate for sports. But frankly Boy Scouts wasn't exactly good at in the first place (and the changes to make it good would be considered far more woke than letting girls in) and the alternative to letting everyone join is just shutting down entirely, so that safe male space would be going away regardless. At least this way they can still have an organization kids can join focused on conservation, outdoorsmanship and civic duty.