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This house, as the feminist movement, W actively ostracise women who hold views traditionally deemed as anti-women (e.g. being against pro-choice policies, saying that women should dress modestly, believing a woman's duty is as a wife or mother)
DTU Pre-Worlds 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-11-01
This house regrets the narrative that all suffering has a point.
SMU Novice Debating Championships 2025 · High School Grand Final · 2025-11-01
Where resources are significantly limited, This house believes that states should actively promote religion in areas of high poverty
South Atlantic Debate Championship 2025 · ESL Semifinal · 2025-11-01
This house believes that gay rights movements should denounce entertainment contents which feature same sex relationships produced by non-LGBT producer (e.g., BL comics produced by heterosexual woman).
- LGBTQ+
- Media
- Culture
- Social Justice
Hit-U Intervarsity 2025 · ラウンド1 · 2025-11-01
This house prefers post-colonial nations prioritising history curricula that actively focus on transformative narratives depicting agency and self-determination over narratives of victimhood in past oppression.
SMU Novice Debating Championships 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-11-01
THR the politicization of trade unions beyond workplace and industry matters
DTU Pre-Worlds 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-11-01
This house believes that development organizations should prioritize sector specialization over country specialization.
Infoslide

In international development, non-governmental organizations that receive development aid may pursue "sector specialization", focusing on one specific sector (such as healthcare, education, or job training) and implementing similar projects across multiple countries. On the other hand, "country specialization" is a strategy whereby the organization engages across multiple sectors simultaneously but operates within a specific country.

Hit-U Intervarsity 2025 · ラウンド4 · 2025-11-01
This House supports the rise of AI fact-interveners in online political discussions.
Infoslide

On the social-media platforms, AIs can interject directly into threads to clarify or fact-check claims made by users. It provides short, sourced explanations, flags factual errors, and keeps track of the conversation, offering context to both sides as the debate evolves.

South Atlantic Debate Championship 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-11-01
This house predicts Saudi Arabia will become a global superpower in the next 50 years
Infoslide

For the purposes of the debate, a global superpower is a nation that exerts significant international influence through socioeconomic, technological, military, and/or cultural means.

DTU Pre-Worlds 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-11-01
This House prefers a world in which brawn is valued on par with brains in the status quo
South Atlantic Debate Championship 2025 · ESL Final · 2025-11-01
This house would ban quick trading
- Economics
- Law
- Trade
Infoslide

For the purposes of the debate, quick trading refers to the buy and sale of financial securities (e.g. stocks, options, futures, currencies, NFTs) within the same week.

DTU Pre-Worlds 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-11-01
THO the narrative of individual responsibility for climate change
Costeas-Geitonas School Debate Cup 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-11-01
This house regrets the rise in content warnings
Infoslide

Over the past few years, the use of content warnings has broadened (e.g., being used for war / conflict, discrimination such as racism or sexism) and deepened (e.g., providing warnings for passing mentions)

Yale Intervarsity 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-10-31
This house believes that the US should impose a full embargo on Venezuela until the opposition assumes power, rather than pursuing military action
Yale Intervarsity 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-10-31
This house prefers significantly fewer Americans going to college
Yale Intervarsity 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-10-31
This house believes that the valuation of major AI companies will decrease in the next 2 years
Yale Intervarsity 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-10-31
This house supports the increasing prominence of country music in the mainstream
- Media
- Culture
- Art
Infoslide

The rise of country music has seen an increase in both the popularity of traditional country music and an increase in fusion between country music and other genres (e.g., country-pop, country-R&B)

Yale Intervarsity 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-10-31
This house believes that the EU should impose limits on corporate tax competition between member states.
Infoslide

Currently, corporate tax rates in the EU range significantly, from 9% in Hungary to 35% in Malta.

Yale Intervarsity 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-10-31
This house opposes pessimistic narratives about American democracy
- Democracy
- Media
- Culture
Yale Intervarsity 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-10-31
This house believes that the lottery-and-fee system for employee-sponsored H-1B visas should be replaced with an auction
- Immigration
- Economics
- Labor
- Law
Infoslide

The H-1B visa allows U.S. for-profit employers to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations requiring at least a bachelor’s degree. Each year, 85,000 new H-1Bs are available, allocated by lottery. The Trump administration has implemented fees of $100,000 on H-1B visas granted to those applying from outside the U.S.

Yale Intervarsity 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-10-31