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  • This House, as an average college-going individual in a western liberal democracy, Hopes to get involved with a manic pixie dream girl/guy

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    For the purposes of this debate, a Manic Pixie Dream Girl (MPDG) is a quirky, free-spirited, and easily-attached female character who either lacks personal depth or willingly sets aside her ambitions for the male protagonist. Her primary role in a story is to "fix" the brooding male protagonist and push him toward experiences he wouldn't normally pursue. MPDGs often enter one's life like a hurricane—bringing excitement, spontaneity, and emotional upheaval—but their presence is never guaranteed to last. If they stay, relationships tend to become co-dependent; if they leave, they do so just as suddenly, often leaving behind unresolved emotions and personal upheaval, but also potentially a brand new perspective on life and self-identity. For example, Natasha (Kalki Koechlin) in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara leaves her successful career without prompting and follows Kabir (Abhay Deol) on his bachelor trip to keep an eye on him and ensure he doesn't stray. Another example is Summer (Zooey Deschanel) in 500 Days of Summer, who brings spontaneity and joy into Tom’s (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) life, pushing him out of his comfort zone, but ultimately leaves just as abruptly, forcing him to confront personal growth on his own.

    CBS PD 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-03-15

  • This house regrets the growing association between the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and Saudi Arabia

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    The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) governs professional women’s tennis but has significantly less financial backing than the men’s tennis association, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). In 2024, the WTA partnered with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), granting it naming rights for select tournaments, sponsorship of tour rankings, and the risk to host the WTA finals, the most prestigious tournament of the WTA Tour, in Saudi Arabia for 3 years. While countries like the Czech Republic and Mexico also bidded to host, their financial offers were less competitive.

    Zimbabwe International World Schools Debating Championships 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-03-15

  • This House Believes That women peace movements should embrace tactics which weaponise traditional gender norms instead of traditional peace tactics

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    Some women's peace movements employ traditional activist tactics such as protests and lobbying. They seek to deconstruct the structures of patriarchy while fighting for peace, draw connections between militarism and patriarchy in their advocacy, and ensure peace agreements address gender concerns. Other women's peace movements employ alternative tactics that weaponise traditional gender norms, including organising sex strikes to influence male partners in conflicts, invoking their status as mothers to demand a voice in peace discussions, and forming physical barriers using female bodies that cultural norms protect.

    LSE Open 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-03-08

  • This House Regrets the resurgence of conservative attitudes towards sex and marriage among Gen Z (e.g. more pro-marriage, less casual sex/one night stands)

    LSE Open 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-03-08

  • This house believes that feminist movements should actively support depictions of reverse sexism in the media

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    Reverse sexism is the practice of reversing sexist behaviours that typically apply to one gender so that they are instead applied to another (e.g. Barbieland’s matriarchy in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, Anne Hathaway playing an older woman in a romance with a much younger man in The Idea of You, and Sandra Oh’s on-screen husband in Killing Eve who plays a gender-inverted "nagging husband" that no one listens to and whom Eve treats with contempt).

    Malaysia Online Debate Open 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-03-08

  • In movies with pro-feminist narratives, This house prefers depictions of implicit sexism (Eg. Mrs, Legally Blonde etc.) over depictions of explicit sexism (Eg. Dangal, Pink etc.)

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    Novice finals Implicit Sexism refers unconscious biases and socially ingrained stereotypes that influence attitudes and behaviors toward gender, often in subtle ways. Eg. Assuming women would be better caregivers, or they would struggle with STEM etc.) Explicit Sexism refers to overt and intentional discrimination, prejudice, or derogatory attitudes based on gender. Eg. Denying a woman a promotion based solely on her gender, using sexist slurs etc.

    RML PD 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-03-02

  • This house regrets the rise of identity politics in the 21st century

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    Identity politics generally refers to people evaluating issues through the lens of their association with a specific social identities such as race, gender, sexuality and religion. This in turn means that approaches to issues, politicians and political parties revolve around how those things affect the relevant group or groups. Examples include: voting for parties based on the social identity of political candidates, politicians having specific manifestos for certain groups, discourse regarding social justice through the lens of various social identities.

    European Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-02-28

  • Assuming that bodily features (face, height, skin color, body shape) still differ from individual to individual, This House Prefers a world where everyone has the same self-presentation (same clothes, same hairstyle, same accessories)

    Kampala Open 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-02-23

  • This House believes that successful female athletes should express their adverse experiences in the sports arena rather than describing their positive experiences as women.

    RDS Ramadan Open 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-02-20

  • This house supports the usage of microfeminism as the primary form of advocacy in the workplace

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    Microfeminism is the usage of smaller acts of uplifting women in male- dominated spaces. Examples include purposefully calling upon women more than men in meetings, and offering to shake women's hands first.

    Korea University Mini Tournament 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-02-09

  • This house as a young Indian woman, would embrace a dissociative feminist persona

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    Dissociative feminism is a passive and detached approach to addressing feminine struggles, characterised by a jaded outlook on society. It contrasts with active forms of feminist resistance and acknowledges the emotional and physical toll of direct activism. Dissociative feminists also embrace choices that may not conform to mainstream feminist behaviours.

    5th Ikhtilaf Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-02-08