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Scout's Honor
Sexual Abuse in America's Most Trusted Institution
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A book written critical, Scout's Honor, is written about sexual abuse within the Boy Scouts. Like based on the title you might think it was like a pro Boy Scouts history. It is not.
What they say about it
- Cited by Robert Evans“as the book Scout's Honor notes”4
The best things said about it
It is not until I think the first really big academic quality work on abuse, sexual abuse within the Boy Scouts, is that book we've been quoting from, Scout's Honor.
As an officer, he was known for his teaching skills, sense of discipline and obsession with physical and moral cleanliness.
One key to victory at Mafeking was scouting. Always fond of the outdoors as a boy, Baden-Powell as a soldier had developed a passion for tracking animals and people, sneaking up on the enemy, and living off nature.
Baden-Powell had always gotten along with children. His love for children is perhaps his ruling passion, one journalist wrote of his work in Africa.
In his advice to boys, Baden-Powell treated women as a hazard to be avoided.
Baden-Powell was even more problematic in his attitudes towards the sexual assault of boys in his care during his private conversations than he was in again this public column.
Why people recommend it
Scout's Honor by Patrick Boyle is a critical 1994 academic study that investigates the history of sexual abuse and institutional cover-ups within the Boy Scouts organization. The book provides a sobering look at the darker side of youth scouting movements and the conduct of their founders. Robert Evans featured the book prominently on Behind the Bastards during a multi-part series on the Boy Scouts and Robert Baden-Powell, which aired in November 2021. Evans cited the text in Part One while examining Baden-Powell's career as an officer, his obsession with physical and moral cleanliness, his scouting techniques during the siege of Mafeking, and his views on women and children. Evans specifically quoted passages showing that Baden-Powell treated women as a hazard and held problematic private attitudes toward the safety of boys in his care. In Part Two of the series, Evans highlighted Scouts Honor as the first truly major academic work documenting sexual abuse within the organization, clarifying that despite its title, the book was deeply critical of the Boy Scouts rather than serving as a pro-scouts history. Throughout the episodes, Evans directed listeners to the book as an accessible online resource for understanding the systemic issues plaguing early youth organizations.
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Robert Evans A write-up in the book Scouts Honor notes, "As an officer, he was known for his teaching skills, sense of d… 9
“it is not until I think the first really big academic quality work on abuse sexual abuse within the Boy Scouts is that book we've been quoting from Scouts Honor which we'll have linked in the the whole book is available online right now. It was published in 1994 by a guy named Patrick Bole.”
“A write-up in the book Scouts Honor notes, "As an officer, he was known for his teaching skills, sense of discipline and obsession with physical and moral cleanliness."”
“In addition, from the book Scout's Honor, quote, "One key to victory at Mafeking was scouting. Always fond of the outdoors as a boy, Baden-Powell as a soldier had developed a passion for tracking animals and people, sneaking up on the enemy, and living off nature."”
“Uh from Scouts Honor the book, quote Baden-Powell had always gotten along with children. His love for children is perhaps his ruling passion, one journalist wrote of his work in Africa.”
“Now that account from a book written critical Scouts Honor is written about sexual abuse within the Boy Scouts. Like based on the title you might think it was like a pro Boy Scouts history. It is not.”
“They spend a week with them hiking, teaching them how to make tents, and according to the book Scouts' Honor, quote, "At the end of the day, there were rub-downs and stories around the campfire."”
“Quote from the book Scouts Honor. In his advice to boys, Baden-Powell treated women as a hazard to be avoided. Again, not uncommon for the time. He mocked boys for girlitis if they paired off with young ladies”
“So, as the book Scouts Honor notes, Baden-Powell was even more problematic in his attitudes towards the sexual assault of boys in his care during his private conversations than he was in again this public column.”
“But as the book Scouts Honor notes, however, Patterson's successor, the doctor who follows after he gets quietly pushed out, H.D. Burn, proved to be no different. After a decade in charge of the camping field, someone picked up, quote, a fat diary in Burn's room”
