The Bygone Boy Scouts
Breakpoint
Colson Center
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🗓️ 23 May 2024
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Single-sex spaces aren't outdated and may be needed more than ever.
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| 0:54.3 | Back in the 1970s, membership in the Boy Scouts of America peaked at around 5 |
| 1:00.6 | million. Since then, however, it's declined by almost 85%. This exodus has |
| 1:06.7 | coincided with a $2.5 billion settlement to address decades of sexual abuse allegations, the decision 10 years ago to admit |
| 1:15.1 | openly gay scouts and scout leaders, and also in 2018 the decision to welcome girls. |
| 1:21.0 | A few weeks ago, the Boy Scouts of America announced another step in this process the removal |
| 1:26.4 | of the word boy from the name of its flagship program. Now to be known as Scouts BSA, |
| 1:32.3 | girls age 11 to 17, can enter the program and earn the organization's highest-ranked Eagle Scout. |
| 1:38.0 | The shift was announced as an expansion of mission to make scouting available to more people, especially in light of their declines. |
| 1:44.4 | However, this decision is unlikely to save this century-old group that once mentored generations |
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