3. TIL a California girl sued the Boy Scouts of America after they wouldn't let her...

TIL a California girl sued the Boy Scouts of America after they wouldn't let her join because of her gender. She lost.

u/PrivateBlue I know you can't edit titles, so for future reference please practice when to use the word "gender". This topic isn't a gender-related issue; it deals with sex. Not allowing a person into the Boy Scouts because they are a girl is discrimination of sex, not gender.

I'm not trying to be an ass or typical "well-technically" pedant about this idea. The recent new wave of PC-culture and third wave feminist movements have chunks of loud-voiced individuals who scream about "gender studies" and "equal gender rights", but constantly confuse the terms sex and gender or use them interchangeably, when they have very important distinctions. Logging in and seeing this is on the front page is worrying because it reiterates this type of misinformation.

And that's not to say you intended it, not am I trying to lecture you for unknowingly making a mistake. I just thought it was something that should be pointed out here due to current social events and all this "post-truth/fake news" hype.

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