Social Justice: The Boy Scouts Of America

On June 28, 2000, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 ruling that the Boy Scouts of America could prohibit gay men and boys from gaining membership. This case came about when James Dale, assistant Scoutmaster to Troop 73 of New Jersey, was notified that his adult membership to the Boys Scouts of America was revoked based on the fact that his sexual orientation was viewed as inconsistent with the Boy Scouts of America’s values by Monmouth Council Executive, James Kay.

They have Girl Scout troops and branches all over the United States. There are also similar programs all over the world, for example, there are Girl Guides in Europe. I think that Girl Scouts has a big impact on the world. According to GSHH, “Girl Scouts are more likely than non-Girl Scouts to embrace new experiences and overcome failure, to self-identify as leaders and take on leadership roles, to practice resiliency and persist through challenges, and have stronger female networks of all ages, just to name a few.” Girl Scouts creates strong girl leaders, which is what we need. We need to teach young girls that they are just important as any other person or gender. Girl Scouts also teaches girls to clean up after themselves and make the world a better place, and this will have a big impact on years to come as these young leaders grow up and help the world improve. According to the WAGGGS official website, “The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts reaches 10 million girls and young women in 146 countries across our five regions.”. With 10 million girls who are taught leadership skills, Girl Scouts will not only has a big impact on large communities such as the United States, but will have effects on the world by empowering young

First of all, Scout is more a tomboy than a girl. Boys tend to live by the phrase, “Boys rule. Girls drool.” Scout expresses,” I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things, that’s why people hated them so, and if I started behaving like one I could just go off and find some to play with.” (45). This quote implies that Scout thinks girl things are bad and boy things are good. She has constantly been taught this. Scout believes she can avoid being a girl by not acting like one. Being a girl to Scout is more about what she does than what she is born with. Another example of Scout being more of a boy is how she reacts to the situation with Walter Cunningham and Miss. Caroline. In the text, Scout states, “Ah-Miss. Caroline? Miss. Caroline, he’s a Cunningham.” (22). The gender role of a girl would usually to sit back and watch everything go down. In Scout’s case, she is outspoken and has no filter. She has to tell Miss. Caroline what everyone else is thinking. It is in this sense and others that Scout challenges the traditional gender roles throughout the

In the beginning of the novel, Scout acts masculine and is unable to stand being called a girl by Jem, creating a negative connotation with being a girl. “‘Scout, I’m tellin’ you for the last time, shut your trap or go home- I declare to the Lord you’re getting more like a girl every day!’ With that, I had no option but to join them” (Lee 69). To Jem, calling Scout a girl is insulting, and indicates uselessness and weakness. He stereotypes all

One major controversy in effect today is whether girls should be allowed to join the Boy Scouts of America or should there be a distinct separation between the girls and boys. In the article, “Boy Scouts Face Renewed Push to Let Girls Join the Ranks” by David Crary, several girls across the nation have took it upon themselves to try and join the Boy Scouts of America. Some believe that girls should be able to join in order to gain the same scouting experience as the boys in the organization. Others including myself, believe that if the girl scouts aren’t happy with their scouting, they should take the initiative to make a difference in their own community.

In the beginning of the book Scout was a tomboy. When they were playing the Boo Radley game, they got caught by Atticus, and Scout said they shouldn’t play anymore, Jem said, “Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things, that’s why other people hated them so, and I started behaving like one I could just go off and find some to play with”(Lee, 55). Scout hated the fact that she was a girl. Also, when Jem called Scout a girl she was offended. Also, when Mr. Avery was peeing, Scout felt left out because she doesn't have a penis. Later in the book scout wanted to be a woman. For example, when Scout was asked to join Aunt Alexandria for some refreshments, Scout agreed to, and when they were explaining Scout new thing about woman, she said, “This was a part of her campaign to teach me to be a lady” (Lee,307). This clearly shows that scout is more interested in becoming a woman instead of being a tomboy. Before, she wouldn’t even go near a dress. This shows how Scout has evolved the most throughout To kill a

Girl Scouts of America helps all girls who want to change the world, or try something new. It might even be to try sushi for the first time. It was founded over 100 years ago by Juliette f Gordon “Daisy” Low. She started the first group on March 12, 1912 in Savannah Georgia. (Girl) The charity's goals are to first off build girls’ courage, compassion, and hope by different means and methods, like stopping bullying, or horseback riding for the first time, changing a girl forever. There are currently 1.9 million girl scouts, and 800,000 parents participating, and helping selling delicious cookies, which is approximately 1.4% of the US population. Many people think Girl Scouts only do outdoor stuff, but they’re wrong. Some troops are building robots to help with everyday needs and activities, like a crossing guard, or a chef. Other troops help stop bullying in school, like putting up posters and having an after school program for all who is bullied. (Girl) They still do outside stuff as well, like camping with no motor homes, as that ruins the precious environment, which help promote global warming. If at times, an American flag needs to be retired, the Girl Scouts are on the case. The people part of the group will do it 1 strip at a time, and 1 star at a time, all standing around the fire, so that the flag can be honored as it burns away. Well, now you might be asking how good this charity really is at making the item that controls America, money. They are pretty good at funding, reaching an average 86% of money management selling their

The article “Boys Scouts Should Not Backtrack on Its Values” by Mathew Staver states about allow homosexual Scouts and Scoutmasters among their ranks. The author is conservative, with outdated beliefs and xenophobic mind. He states if they open places in Scouts for homosexual people “The Scouts would become a sham.” (Mathew Staver, 16) using an event dated in 1999 which in Canada when the Scouts opening positions for homosexual people their membership start fall and disagreeing on allow homosexuals.

One would be un-American if they believe in not allowing homosexuals to join the Boy Scouts of America. Effectively on 1 January 2014 ends a one hundred year old ban on allowing openly homosexuals to join the Boy Scouts of America, which is causing a lot of ruckus within the Boy Scout community. That being the case, some of the older generation Boy Scouts are resigning from the scouts and others are accepting the newer generation with open arms. Since, society is changing and accepting the homosexual race, so should the Boy Scouts of America, basing it on the separation of church and state, it’s racist and equal rights.

Those with such mindsets believed the addition of women disrupted the purity and masculinity of our military, especially since females were given different physical requirements than men. “Women want equality so they should do everything the men do exactly. […] Equality does not mean everyone must be able to perform at the same capacity, but only that any differences are recognized and not exploited.” (Contemporary Issues Facing Women in the Military). More so today, you can see the military adapting to these changes and pushing further towards equality and equal

Facts of the case: In 1978, James Dale joined Monmouth Council Cub Scout Pack 142. He continued participating in the Scout program, eventually attaining the rank of Eagle Scout in 1988. After Dale turned 18, he applied for and was accepted to the appointment of Assistant Scoutmaster to Troop 73. In 1989, Dale began attending College at Rutgers University. After coming out as gay, he became very involved in the local LGBT community; utilizing his position as co-president of the Rutgers Lesbian/Gay Alliance to raise awareness about issues affecting LGBT youth. After his opinions were published in a local newspaper in July of 1990, Dale was dismissed from the Scouts. Monmouth

Boy Scouts of America: I have been involved with the scouting program since I was six years old, and continue to be actively involved. I currently working to the rank of Eagle Scout. I am currently the Senior Patrol Leader (SPL) of my troop, which includes running the weekly meetings, sending and creating the weekly agenda, updating our Troop website, and help plan Troop outings. On average I spend roughly 5 hours a week with doing activities that are involved with Boy Scouts.

Because of this there is much pressure on Scout by her Aunt Alexandra to become more lady like. Obviously becoming a lady is not one of her foremost goals. In fact, it often seems like Scout would rather be a boy because they seemed to have more leeway. For example, “I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn’t supposed to be doing things that required pants.” (108) As Scout gets older despite what she used to think she realizes being a girl isn’t all sitting around and sewing

With the standard that men were above women, Scout must decide how to encounter this problem. Scout and other women are faced by sexist statements from men, which show men were viewed as the greater gender during this time. Whenever Scout upsets Jem, Jem seems to use Scout’s gender as an insult to persuade her into changing her mind. Scout appears to be offended when referred to as a girl, meaning she just wants to fit in and be seen equal to her brother and Jem.

I believe that the Boy Scouts, have made an adequate decision of allowing females to join their organization. This is clearly demonstrated by the fact that the boy scouts will increase membership. They believe in not increasing their number of members, but in making life easier for others. Newsela.com states, “ Rather, they are considering this move in response to requests from families.” This quote states that the boy scouts are only doing this measure, because they want to help families by allowing everyone in a family to join and help out their communities. I think this could evolve into much bigger things that parents and children can do together. Another quote in the text that speaks the same on Newsela.com is, “ But, the statement continued, the organization has been “evaluating the possibility of serving the whole family.” This has led to “conversations with our members and volunteers to see how to make scouting accessible for families.” Though the Girl Scouts might say that this is not how to get members for their team to join, this is what is has to be. As you can see this is why the Boy Scouts should continue their campaign for more people.