[7089] in APO-L
Re: APO & BSA
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Begin)
Sat Oct 30 01:14:37 1993
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1993 00:52:00 GMT
Reply-To: Scott Begin <0005555440@mcimail.com>
From: Scott Begin <0005555440@mcimail.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L%PURCCVM.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
Randy Finder posted a synopsis from the rec.scouting FAQ:
> BSA: Girls can join Explorer Scouts onlyand Women can hold any position
> other than Scoutmaster or Pack Leader. Women can for example serve as
> a District or Council Executive.
>
> GSUSA: Boys are not allowed. Men can serve in any position. However
> I believe that in any camping situation there must be at least one
> adult female.
This is old information on the BSA. Yes, at one time, the BSA did not
permit women to become Scoutmasters, Webelos Den Leaders, CubMasters, or an
assitant to any of these positions. That was changed circa 1988 (I remeber
encountering a female scoutmaster my first year at Philmont and thinking that
it was the first one that I had seen/met). The BSA decided that they
could no longer afford the litigation to defend the policy. I also remember
that the BSA had not lost any decisions on the policy. (I agreed with the
change in policy).
In this respect, the lack of a program that admits boys, as well as the
policy of a minimum number of female leaders, make it seem like the GSUSA
are more discriminatory than the BSA (asuming that this information is
accurate).
Yours in APO & Scouting,
Scott A. Begin Epsilon Beta Alumni, Central Michigan University
SBEGIN@mcimail.com ASM, T-348, Oak Forest, IL.
