A little more than three years ago, in May 2018, the Boy Scouts of America deemphasized the gender reference from the name of its best-known program â the Boy Scouts â and announced that the organization would welcome girls beginning early in 2019. Henceforth, the program would be known simply as Scouts BSA.
Some quarters reacted with Chicken Little-style disbelief and yammering about the decline of civilization. The Girl Scouts werenât too pleased, either.
They viewed the move as turf invasion by an organization struggling to move past sex abuse claims that totaled more than $300 million. Nevertheless, the whole situation was a bit abstract because the admission of girls wouldnât occur for months.