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Boy Scouts, Gender, and the Gerald DeFebo Award
from Brighton Beach Memoirs · #96
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3 minRay defends the value of gender-specific scouting organizations and tells the story of winning a leadership award named after a pedophile scoutmaster nicknamed Uncle Jerry.
- 5:36Tim imagines an older man in first class having chest pains while an Eagle Scout stands by to help.
- 5:57Doctor raises his hand to say the Eagle Scout might be useful for an assist.
- 6:11Boy Scouts changed their name to just 'the Scouts' because they couldn't keep using 'boys' anymore.
- 6:47Gender-defined spaces advocates believe people learn how to be men and women, which Tim calls an antiquated idea.
- 7:10Tim became senior patrol leader and brought his troop back from near collapse by organizing activities every week.
- 7:52Tim received the Gerald J. DeFebo Leadership Award, the first person to get it in 17 years.
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