- [Narrator] Throughout history, women have been
excluded from men only organizations like the Freemasons,
Gentleman's clubs, the Presidency.
But now there's one progressive organization,
finally letting in girls.
- [Gayle King] The Boy Scouts of America will start
admitting girls as Cub Scouts next year.
- [Narrator] And now, with gender equality solved,
there's really only a need for one scouting program.
- Actually, I don't really quite see it that way.
- [Narrator] Meet Girl Scout, CEO, Sylvia Acevedo,
who is not happy about the Boy Scouts inclusive decision.
- You know, we are girl experts for over a hundred years.
We know how to have girls become leaders.
Over 70% of the female U.S. Senators, Girl Scouts
and every female astronaut that's been in space,
was a Girl Scout.
- Okay, female astronauts?
What's next, female rocket scientists?
- Well, actually I was a rocket scientist,
at NASA's Jet Proportion Labs in Pasadena, California.
- I did not know that.
- [Narrator] As impressive as that was,
there's still one thing Boy Scouts have over Girl Scouts,
the coveted ranking of Eagle Scout.
- Have you thought about making a girl equivalent
to the Eagle Scouts, like the Kegel Scouts?
- We have the Gold Award Girl Scout.
It's the most prestigious, youth serving award
a girl can earn.
- [Narrator] So prestigious that no one's ever heard of it.
In fact, most people view Girl Scouts as outdated.
Was there more to them outside of being cookie pushers?
As a serious, investigative journalist,
I needed to infiltrate to get somoa information.
- Hi my name is Vaylynn and this is my
second year of Girl Scouts.
- Hi, my name is Chloe and this is
my fifth year of Girl Scouts.
- Hi, my name is Desi, it's been three days
since I checked my ex-boyfriend's Instagram account.
- [Girls] No.
- [Narrator] I was seamlessly blending in.
- So would any of you girls actually join Boy Scouts?
- [All Girls] No.
- What do you like about being a Girl Scout?
- You don't have to worry about being embarrassed
or anything cause you're with your sisterhood, Girl Scouts.
- I'm glad you brought that up because I
was the one that just farted
so thank you for giving me the support
to be able to share that with you.
- [Narrator] It was clear they provided a safe space
but in order to get the full Girl Scout experience,
I needed to earn some badges.
- Today, we're gonna show you guys how to build
some small robots, is everyone excited?
- [Girls] Yes.
- Yes!
Yes!
- [Chloe] She's pretty old to be a Girl Scout.
- Dump these out.
- I don't really think she understands what
the building of the robot is for.
- Are we building the Ryan Gosling bot, from Bladerunner?
- Um, no.
- Can we just start building the bot?
- Yeah, let's do that.
Everybody wanna open their baggies?
_ [Narrator] So I didn't get my Robotics badge
but I had another opportunity by showing off
my outdoor survival skills like cooking
with limited supplies.
- Okay ladies, let's taste your masterpieces.
What is this?
- It's a chicken.
- This is chicken?
- And creme brulee.
- Creme brulee, wow.
- And I didn't really have a lot to work with
except for these...
- [Instructor] So how did you cook the chicken,
without the fire?
- I just, I...
- She ordered a bag of food.
- Oh.
- Well congratulations, you just got your snitching badge.
- [Narrator] Okay, so I didn't get that badge either.
Or my mountain climbing badge, or archery badge
or this manipulating DNA badge.
Geez, is there a lot of badges to get.
So I did what I had to so.
- That's really neat, what troop are you in?
Yeah, it's crazy, I guess they just saw some
leadership skills in me, oh shit.
- [Narrator] Apparently, in Girl Scouts,
shortcuts are frowned upon.
But I had one last chance to redeem myself
by participating in some easy peasy rope games
that holy shit.
Okay, I got this, I've been to Target on a Saturday,
I can do anything.
- I don't need luck when I have skill.
Why does it have to be so hard?
- Keep going, c'mon.
- I'm gonna die.
- Keep going.
- [Narrator] Through relentless and borderline
annoying encouragement,
these girls showed me what it meant to be part
of a strong, female led organization
and I was ready to lead.
- Oh, hi, okay.
Oh whoa, so cool.
= One of the cool things about Girl Scouts
is that it's always evolving.
So you can create your own activities
and reward yourself with your own badges.
So this one is my bedazzling badge,
for arts and crafts.
This is not crying during Botox
and for not getting pregnant, again.
Wow, this is so exciting, I got this,
you wanna get off the stage?
Just get off the stage.
You can all just sit down.
Oh God, I almost don't know what to say, almost.
My fellow Scouts, what a journey today has been.
We are now in a world where you can be a Girl Scout
or a Boy Scout or a girl on girl scout.
- I have no idea what she's talking about.
- It was just nonsense, really.
- So I've decided to make the decision,
to tell you to decide to make decisions for yourself.
- [Narrator] I could tell, I was really reaching them.
And they taught me something too,
that organizations don't need to be co-ed
to promote equality.
Women supporting women and learning skills
to help you thrive in male dominated fields,
also promotes equality.
- You can clap now.
Now would be a great time to clap, yep, oh thank you.