last time I made a "scout" thread..

[Drich]

But scouting can still be those things for the boys. Including girls won't change that. There can be character building for both sexes, and it may be even more effective having the opposite sex around so you can learn about them and learn to interact with them -
how to treat women well if you're a guy and how to treat men well if you're a woman. Including girls won't take away from male character building. It will simply add another very important element to it, and give them the opportunity to put that into practice directly.

Well said.  I've heard Drich (and some others I've talked to about this) keep using phrases like "being a man" or "manhood" and imply that having girls there will somehow warp or defect it.  ...Isn't learning how to act around women and how to treat them as equals and appreciate their skills and values part of "being a man"?

What you are describing is a potential momma's boy. momma's boys can treat ladies well, but can fail in every other part of society. Teating women is only one part of 1000 other skills that boy scouts were challenged to master.