When your sister joined the boy scouts, you chose to stay in the girl scouts. Cle: I like doing stuff with just girls and just my friends that are girls. But i'd really like to do some more cool stuff, because im leg the boy scouts get to do like wood cutting in obstacle courses. "I think it would help if that stuff was brought into the girl scout troops," she says.
Five years ago, after decades of resistance, the Boy Scouts of America made a momentous change, allowing girls to participate. Since then, tens of thousands have joined.
Today we revisit a story, first aired in 2017, about 10-year-old twins deciding which group to join, and find out what’s happened to them since.
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