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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
LOL.
The difference that I see is that APO started as a focus on service through which brotherhood can be realized.
We started as a focus on sisterhood through which service and empowered communities can be realized.
I was a Brownie. The worst thing ever. It served as nothing but a reinforcement of gender stereotypes and expectations. Maybe that was just my Brownie leaders who sucked.
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My Mom was my leader, so I didn't have much choice. But from there to GS we were always a very "feminist" group--our good soror, my Mom didn't play the gender sterotype.
Shoot we even had outings with my Dad's troop and trust, all genders played equal roles in cooking, cleaning, pitching tents, starting the firepit, etc. We were ahead of the times.
I would say that my Scouting years were a major player in the development of me as an independent woman. I could shoot a bow and arrow with the best of the guys and still look cute doing it. LOL