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  • This house, as X, would choose Work-life Balance over Work-Life Integration.

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    X is a 30-year-old ambitious woman who has spent the last decade building her career in corporate law. She’s known for her discipline, emotional intelligence, and ability to lead under pressure. After years of pushing herself, she’s finally in a leadership role where she’s respected and compensated well. She’s also fallen deeply in love with Y, who is equally driven. Her partner works in investment banking, has long hours, unpredictable weekends, and lives half his life out of a suitcase. They’ve decided to get married, but X knows that to sustain this emotionally fulfilling relationship, something will need to give. Now she has two options: Option A (Work-Life Integration): Stay in her current high stakes role, which allows her to work remotely, schedule breaks between meetings, and occasionally work from scenic locations. Her office encourages mixing personal and professional life (emails during dinners, Zoom calls on vacations, but gives her freedom of movement and flexible hours.) Option B (Work-Life Balance): Shift to an in-house legal team at a multinational firm. 9-to-5. Clear boundaries. No calls after work. Lesser pay, slightly slower career trajectory, but absolute mental space post 5 PM. Weekends are hers, and so are holidays

    BITS Pilani Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-04-11

  • This house believes that feminist movements in Northeast Asia should prioritize microfeminism over macrofeminism.

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    For the purposes of this debate, macroeminism encourages women to engage in political and social advocacy, typically focusing on issues illegal reform, education access, and political representation. Microfeminism focuses on combatting day-to-day sexism On an interpersonal level. For example, fighting for more equality in relationships, rejecting patriarchal norms in the workplace, and using inclusive language in everyday conversations.

    Beijing International Debate Open 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-04-09

  • This House Believes That gangster rap does more harm than good

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    Gangster rap is a subgenre of hip-hop that emerged in the late 1980s, known for its raw, often violent lyrics reflecting street life, crime, gang culture, and disillusionment with authorities such as the police and government. It emphasizes dominance, materialism, and hyper-masculinity. Famous examples include “F*** tha Police” by N.W.A., “Still D.R.E.” by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, and “DNA.” by Kendrick Lamar.

    Nordic Schools Debating Championships 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-04-07

  • B: This house believes that the Aurat March in Pakistan should explicitly align itself with political parties to achieve its feminist goals

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    B: The Aurat March is an annual feminist protest led by an alliance of liberal and radical feminist groups (e.g. Women’s Action Forum, Feminist Collective). It maintains a non-partisan stance and avoids formal ties to political parties. In contrast, the Azadi March refers to mobilizations organized by socialist- feminist groups like the Women Democratic Front (WDF). Unlike the Aurat March, the WDF and the Azadi March are institutionally aligned with leftist parties like the Awami Workers Party (AWP).

    Sunway Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-04-05

  • This house regrets the rise of the Urban Company model ‘hourly maid for hire’ services in India.

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    Urban Company is a reputed and established company offering professional home cleaning and personal care services 'at home' such as repair, cleaning, and personal grooming services etc. Urban Company recently introduced a model of booking an appointment with a cleaning or cooking professional (commonly referred to as 'maids') within 15 minutes at Rs. 59 per hour.

    77th MUKMEM 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-04-05

  • This house believes that opting into the Madonna Whore complex is in the interest of budding female influencers.

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    The Madonna-Whore Complex is a socio-psychological phenomenon amongst men that categorizes women into two distinct archetypes: the Madonna, representing purity, virtue and servility, and the Whore, symbolizing promiscuity, desire and degradation. Most men are afflicted by this dichotomy and make decisions pertaining to the other gender on the basis of the complex. For example, most men would want to marry a wife like Madonna, while lusting for women like the Whore. For a female influencer, opting into the Madonna-Whore complex would mean altering their image to cater to the male gaze, either by hypersexualising themself or by fitting into the image of a traditional-wife/ obedient mother. This would mean that they depersonalise their online image and play one of these roles to attract specific male audiences.

    77th MUKMEM 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-04-05

  • This house as the feminist movement would support the widespread usage of calliagnosia

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    Context: Calliagnosia is a hypothetical technology that disables the response to human beauty or ugliness. Users of calligosia do not have any aeshetic response to human features, though users can still recognize human features. The technology is easy to use, cheap, and 100% safe. It has no side effects on perceptions of non human beauty

    Xth NLUO BPD 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-04-05

  • That we prefer altruistic surrogacy over commercial surrogacy

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    Altruistic surrogacy is when the surrogate does not make a profit from the arrangement. The commissioning parent(s) might, however, repay the cost of medical, legal, and any pregnancy and birth related expenses. Commercial surrogacy allows the surrogate to receive payment or compensation beyond the reimbursment of reasonable expenses related to the preganacy and birth.

    Macquarie Pre-Easters 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-04-05

  • This house, as a young conventionally attractive woman, would use calliagnosia.

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    Calliagnosia is a hypothetical technology that disables the response to human beauty or ugliness. Users of calligosia do not have any aeshetic response to human features, though users can still recognize human features. The technology is easy to use, cheap, and 100% safe. It has no side effects on perceptions of non-human beauty.

    Harvard World Schools Tournament 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-04-04

  • This house believes that the Feminist Movement should encourage women to reject chivalry.

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    Chivalry is a code of conduct that emphasizes courtesy, especially for men towards women. While its origins are based in the middle ages, modern applications mostly include personal interactions like men being expected to pay for dates, carry their partner's things, or give up their seat in public transportation.

    KDS DAE RT 2025 · Open Quarter-finals · 2025-04-04

  • This house, as the Korean Feminist movement, would actively distance from the anti-coeducation protests at Dongduk Women's University

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    In November of 2024, concerns arose within Dongduk Women’s University that it would convert into a co-ed school without student consent. The students protested in response and caused significant property damages in the process, most notably in the form of spray painting school facilites. This attracted widespread scrutiny from the media. The students are now in a legal standoff with the school administration regarding the property damages.

    KDS DAE RT 2025 · Open Quarter-finals · 2025-04-04

  • This house believes that "Excel marriages" do more harm than good.

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    An “Excel marriage” is a form of marriage where couples meticulously document their household contributions (e.g. chores, finances, childrearing). They ensure that responsibilities are split equally using a detailed Excel spreadsheet.

    KDS DAE RT 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-04-04