tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886916714935145606.post6773822485830318720..comments2024-03-08T10:56:46.432-08:00Comments on On Being Simply True: Wherein my childhood dream is--almost--realizedS Kay Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09631953082915369422noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886916714935145606.post-63043755512634311502017-10-18T20:25:51.658-07:002017-10-18T20:25:51.658-07:00Thanks for helping me understand. Sometimes I'...Thanks for helping me understand. Sometimes I'm clueless. I liked Girl Scouts because I wanted to be away from boys sometimes; the giggling felt safe, not annoying. I'm now thinking you have a good point. Maybe kids picking the troop the like will work out best for all. jimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06128597742309394480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886916714935145606.post-67047171640634418222017-10-18T12:04:22.783-07:002017-10-18T12:04:22.783-07:00Ha! That's where I'd like to be as well, C...Ha! That's where I'd like to be as well, Carolyn! That's exactly where I would like us all to be. And, truth be known, I think we're slowly getting there. The generation raising children now is far more open to allowing their kids to choose what they'd like to play with instead of giving them gender-specific toys. So we're making progress!S Kay Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09631953082915369422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886916714935145606.post-6962598264835054602017-10-17T09:02:03.243-07:002017-10-17T09:02:03.243-07:00Growing up, I spent my summers on a farm. A real l...Growing up, I spent my summers on a farm. A real life, working farm. So I learned to drive a tractor before I learned how to drive a car. I also climbed trees, hiked down my the creek, went fishing, and so on and so forth. Not because these were "boy" activities. But because I wanted to do them. They were fun. They were part of country life. I also played with Barbie dolls, played piano, tried on my Mother's old dresses and played dress up with my friends. Not because these were "girl" activities. Because I enjoyed them. I truly believe we will have gotten to be where we need to be as a society when people just do things - not because they are supposed to do them - but because they are good at them, enjoy them, and get something out of them. A person can cook, camp, hike, do crafts, start a fire, fish, or just hang out . . . without any idea that it's a "Boy Scouts" or a "Girl Scouts" activity. That's were I'd like to be. ***End of Rant***Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06969631546290721955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886916714935145606.post-72586341612452655142017-10-16T08:59:26.880-07:002017-10-16T08:59:26.880-07:00Jimi, thanks for your insight here. (And man, woul...Jimi, thanks for your insight here. (And man, would I have loved to be in your GSA troop! We would have torn it up, girlfriend!) I think the girls who enjoy socializing with other girls will still enjoy GSA activities. But I also think that girls who are Questioning, as I was, will find a more comfortable space with the BSA. Or perhaps we will see the gloriously enlightened time in which a girl or boy will happily sign-up for dual membership--just to make sure "they" cover all the bases. [Insert happy face and many hearts here.] I don't mean to detract from all the good stuff GSA does (beyond cookie sales, which, in my humble opinion, do a tremendous service to mankind by providing many months' worth of Thin Mints--because they freeze well). I was really just trying to find words to describe how it was for me and my own gender identification trying to navigate those waters in 1964. S Kay Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09631953082915369422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886916714935145606.post-19918855138406471042017-10-15T22:28:51.676-07:002017-10-15T22:28:51.676-07:00I love your post, but I have very mixed feelings a...I love your post, but I have very mixed feelings about this. I think it will weaken the Girl Scouts and my scouting experience was very different. My aunt had her troop hike the Appalachian Trail. The times I spent with her I learned to canoe, ski, build a fire, identity poisonous plants. And yes, make a lanyard and a ceramic ashtray. But she was a bad ass leader. That's why I became a Brownie leader (my current Facebook pic) and I don't think we were too girly. Tent camping in the rain and cooking potatoes in hot ashes. I think girls can learn to take risks and stretch themselves when there are no boys around to change the dynamic. Just my view. I'm sure some girls will love joining the Boy Scouts, I just hope that the Girl Scouts don't lose all the bad asses. jimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06128597742309394480noreply@blogger.com