Males, at least before political correctness, used to have a blunt approach to difficult issues. Be a man about it, they told each other. Stand up, do the right thing, take your hits. It's time for the Girl Scout leaders to be a woman about it. For all their careful chatter, their endless printed propaganda, their bureaucratic training sessions, they seem to have missed their own message.
Females do indeed have a right to be treated with dignity and respect.
If there is any question that they have not been, they have the wits, the skills and the guts to address matters straight on. For those of us who have long been Girl Scout supporters, this has been a disappointing experience all around. Surely women can do better by girls. Krista Ramsey's column appears on Saturdays. Write her at 312 Elm Street, Cincinnati 45202 or fax at 768-8340.