It's funny.
If it was Boy scouts is introducing sewing, cake making etc. The response would be along the lines of, that's great in theory but in practice boys just won't join Boys Scouts anymore.
If it was Boy scouts is introducing sewing, cake making etc. The response would be along the lines of, that's great in theory but in practice boys just won't join Boys Scouts anymore.
BSA cooking merit badge: http://www.scouting.org/filestore/Merit_Badge_ReqandRes/Cook...
Its the dad's with fragile masculinity and out-dated opinions that would stop them going or teach them that those activities are 'girly'.
How did society get this way if it's all a construct? A secret cabal decided what constitutes a "masculine" activity and what constitutes a "feminine" activity, some indeterminate amount of time ago?
If I only like playing with toy cars because my father liked playing with toy cars, and my father only liked playing with toy cars because his father liked it, who was the first father and why did it stick?
The reality is that men and women have different biological compositions with different hormones and different instincts that organically give rise to different behaviors. Sure, toys are toys, and generally any kid will probably be happy with any toy, regardless of gender. But the idea that preferences in childhood development didn't arise organically is honestly not founded in reality.
I'm not really against the STEM push in Girl Scouts I guess, I'm indifferent to it. Maybe it'll get a few more women interested in the field which is cool.
You can bake lots of stuff with a campfire and a dutch oven.
It's impractical.
* There's a brand of dutch oven endorsed by the Boy Scouts of America
* Scouting magazine has printed many articles with recipes for dutch ovens https://scoutingmagazine.org/category/outdoors/cooking/dutch...
* Boy's Life magazine runs articles about cooking in a dutch oven