That way more boys would learn the cooking skills they'll one day want and more girls will get to do fun stuff like camp and tie knots.
@Tejanarusa My bros used to do serious hiking. Lots of camping trips. We would sew. And, yes, sell cookies.
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@emptywheel A shame. no sewing 4 me, except badges, Did a homemaker badge. Rest, camp & crafts, build fires, ck on cmpfires, o, & sex ed! -
@Tejanarusa You got SEX ED in girl scouts? Shit, I got makeup lessons from Mary Kay cosmetics. -
@emptywheel LOL. Mild: Red Cross nurse came to explain menstruation. Took questions: Got asked about intercourse, she answrd. Response"EWW!"
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@emptywheel Maybe something changed along the line. My mom frequently went camping in GS, and that was in the 50s & 60s. -
@captain_tenille@emptywheel i did GS camping through 70's, early 80's. -
@jlms_qkw@emptywheel They camped once a year, but most of the time they learned homemaking type stuff. Progressive, that. -
@captain_tenille@emptywheel we had more "life-skills" stuff . . . -
@jlms_qkw@emptywheel To clarify a bit further, the Mormon boys (of course) had Boy Scouts. The Mormon Girls did *NOT* have Girl Scouts. -
@captain_tenille Ah, that's what I was wondering. Never heard abt the Mormon GS, which I guess is bc it didn't exist. -
@emptywheel Yeah, the stuff for girls was just part of the Young Women's thing. It was very aimed at good wifey stuff.
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@emptywheel Yre rt of course. Girls hadda be close supervised; boys could be let roam free "in the wild" much more.But I loved my GS yrs.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel@Tejanarusa My daughter did real wilderness camping. The "carry your own water in, carry your own poop out" kind.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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