Originally Posted by
tallsteve
As a former Scout and Scout leader I can understand why some girls would want to be in the Boy Scouting program. I'll tell you what though, if I was still a Scout leader and started to have girls join the Troop, I'd resign in a heartbeat. Not because I wouldn't want girls in the Troop but, because I wouldn't want the the sexual harassment accusations/lawsuits that will surely follow, even if you personally did nothing wrong. All it would take is just 1 girl to not like you and wham, bam, you're toast. I also wouldn't want the responsibility of constantly reigning in the impropriety that will assuredly be happening among the girls and boys, whether just banter or more physical. They are teenagers with raging hormones after all. I did hear one report that the girls will have a separate Troop. I can see it maybe starting out that way but, guaranteed, it won't stay that way for long. Full integration within 5 years- mark my words.