What I CAN say is that many current Scouts are against letting girls 10-14 into Scouting (as you said BSA has a coed program for girls older than 14). Their reasoning against girls isn't sexist, but rather many of them are afraid their sisters would join and bully them at Scouts IN ADDITION TO being bullied at home! As you note, Scouting for them is a refuge, where boys can be boys.
Again, all this could have been avoided had National spoke to a few boots on the ground. We also could have helped with the falling membership - active recruitment and building permanent supply lines is a key element to any Unit's success, and some Troops are better at it than others. Instead, we get the threat of bankruptcy (which is really a financial option and not the end of the world) and gigabytes of articles written by SINO (Scouters In Name Only) quitters like this guy who would cry like a baby if they had to earn Wilderness Survival (the merit badge for which your son signed up).
Btw, behind every successful Scout there is often a mother who deals with dirty socks etc. after a trip. Thank you for your service.
BTW, I need to make a correction:
In my last post, I wrote:
"my boys probably wouldn’t have minded the BSA going completely co-ed"
I was figuring that teenage boys might not mind teenage girls being around.
Well, I was wrong.
I just told a couple of my sons (the youngest is 17) about the new BSA policy admitting girls (they didn't know about it).
And they are NOT in favor of that policy. So, they would've agreed with the current scouts.
Well, thank YOU for your dedication. Scoutmasters and other leaders devote so much time and effort. You're the heart and soul of the organization. Best of luck!