- 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.
- The Boys Scouts of America will start admitting girls
as Cub Scouts next year.
- 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.
- Meet girl Scouts, 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 jet propulsion labs in Pasadena California.
- I did not know that.
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, I dunno, the Kegal Scouts.
- We have the Gold Award Girl Scout.
It's the most prestigious serving award a girl can earn.
- So prestigious that no one's ever heard of it.
In fact, some people view Girl Scouts as outdated.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 Samoa information.
- Hi, my name's Maylin,
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.
I was seamlessly blending in.
So would any of you girls actually join Boy Scouts?
- No!
- What do you like about being a Girl Scout?
- You don't have to worry about like being embarrassed
or anything cause you're, you're a 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.
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 going to show you guys
how to build some small robots.
Is everyone excited?
- Yeah.
- Yes! Yes!
- She's pretty old to be a girl scout.
- I don't really think she understands what the building
of the robot is for.
- Are we building the Ryan Gosling bot from Blade Runner?
- Um, no.
- Can we just start building the bot?
- Yeah, let's do that.
Everybody want to open there bag?
- So I didn't get my robotics badge
or my mountain climbing badge or archery badge
or this manipulating DNA badge.
Jesus, there are a lot of badges to get.
So I did what I had to do.
It's really neat.
What troupe are you in?
Yeah, it's crazy.
I guess they just saw some leadership skills in me.
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 I have skill.
Why does it have to be so hard?
- Keep going!
- I'm gonna die!
- No you're not!
- Through relentless and
borderline annoying encouragement...
I'm doing it!
These girls showed me what it meant to be part of
a strong female-led organization ,
and I was ready to lead.
- Oh, all right, 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 vagazaling 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 need to get off the stage. Just go. Just go.
You can all just sit down.
- God, I almost don't know what to say. Almost.
My fellow Scouts, what a journey today has been.
We're 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.
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.