As you & @higreg & @novium aid, it depends on the leader. And the other parents.
Back in the 90s, I took over my daughter’s Junior GS troop when their current leader had to have major surgery and would be out for over a year. They basically said, if someone doesn’t, the troop will be disbanded. Since the kid enjoyed scouting, I said yes.
It was a very girly-girl troop, with much emphasis on personal advancement and developing leadership potential through makeup and hair and cookie selling. Their troop held records for selling cookies. The week before I started, I was given an activities schedule for the next 3 months, with cosmetologists from salons coming in for hair care, skin care, and “Looking Your Best”, which I came to find out was with makeup.
When I suggested a camping trip after that (with some hands-on basic camping skill lessons) it was met with horror from the previous leader and most of the moms. I was allowed to do crafts (macrame plant hanger, holiday cards embellished with calligraphy and glitter), and then I inveigled another mom to take over when the kid got into the county honors orchestra and the schedule conflicted.
She really missed the makeup lessons, though. She went on to do vocational cosmetology, not because of GS but because she was and is a girly-girl, despite my attempts at a gender-neutral upbringing.
