to think that it's unfair their aren't clubs solely for boys anymore?

[notterrysmine]

And if there are - please point them out to me.

My children are girly girls and boy boys. No intention on my part, but that is the way it is.

They adore each other, but their friends are of the same sex, they have chosen to go to same sex schools.

Now my girls have done girl guiding - very much for the girls and have thoroughly enjoyed it.

Now my son wants to do scouting, and in his particular group there are higher majority of girls and boys, he is not keen on continuing.

Even our boys brigade has girls and boys in it.

Girl guides are girls only with no equality issues - why can't there be boys only clubs?

AIBU?

As I say if there are boys only clubs please point them out to me.

[LaVieEnTechnicolor]

Another Brownie leader here. Nearly everything I have wanted to say has been said by Slubberdegullion and by Edam when she said:

I can't think of any single sex clubs for children apart from Brownies and Guides. Everything else is open to all. So it isn't a huge problem - it's just one organisation that is girl only. Given we live in a very sexist world, where women still earn significantly less than men, and are horribly under-represented in any positions of power - MPs, judges, company directors and chief executives, I could go on and on and on - it doesn't strike me as a massive issue.

There are plenty of single sex social groups for adults, btw. Rotary and the Masons for example - women are hived off into Ladies' Circle (dunno whether there's a female version of the Masons, I suspect not). That's why you need female business networking groups - because most of the established networks are exclusively or predominantly male.

I do hope that all those posters who have criticised their local Brownie and Guide units for being feeble and weedy are going to volunteer their time and bring their exciting ideas to the table. As has been said, units are only as good as the people who lead them and there is always room for more volunteers.

[arcticwind]

If you feel that strongly find a scout group that has a greater proportion of boys. There are still some helpers around who feel the same as you and 'discourage' girls albeit quietly!

[gdmts1981]

I helped out with the guides locally for a while - and the girls there (some of them quite boisterous and gobby) actually liked doing things with just other girls around as they were more relaxed and not out to get a reaction from the opposite sex

I would imagine it is the same with boys

In single sex girls schools children do better in maths and science (what some might call 'boy' subjects) probably for similar reasons to them letting their hair down a bit more in a girls only environment like guides

There is nothing wrong with this - and to suggest that a parent needs to work on their childs 'issues' if they would prefer to go to a single sex club once in a while is seriously misguided