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  • That, as Olivia Rodrigo, we regret stopping the hand-out of safe-sex products.

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    Olivia Rodrigo has been handing out safe-sex products (e.g. condoms and morning-after pills) as part of her GUTS World Tour. After receiving significant backlash, she stopped handing out these products, and her press team afterwards said it was due to concerns about minors potentially obtaining the products.

    Sorensen's 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-05-07

  • This house prefers to relocate with the partner than to attempt at a long distance relationship

    Infoslide

    You are a woman in a 5-year relationship with your boyfriend. He recently got a promotion which brings him up to a managerial position but would require him to Relocate

    6th Ateneo Eco Debates 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-05-04

  • This house, as an openly gay person in the Balkans, would choose not to enter into a romantic relationship with someone who hides their sexuality.

    Infoslide

    Stojan Kisić is a 70-year-old pensioner from the vicinity of Kraljevo who lives a modest life with his wife Dragica. In the early 2000s, he began to receive daily phone calls from an unnamed young man from Belgrade.

    Debatni turnir Zenit 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-05-04

  • This house, as an average woman in South Korea, W participate in the 4B Movement.

    Infoslide

    4B is shorthand for four Korean words that all start with bi-, or “no”:  bihon, is the refusal of heterosexual marriage, bichulsan is the refusal of childbirth, biyeonae is saying no to dating men, and bisekseu is the rejection of heterosexual sexual relationships. The 4B movement is a prominent feminist movement in South Korea, a socially conservative country.

    University of Waterloo HST 2024 · Quarterfinals · 2024-04-27

  • This house, as Amy, would marry Brian instead of Jennie.

    Infoslide

    Amy, who identifies as a bisexual, was raised in a caring yet strict family whose Christian views and traditional norms are deeply rooted in her own value system. She has recently been proposed by Jennie (female) and Brian (male). While she believes Jennie is her true love, her family has expressed strong opposition to their marriage. On the other hand, while Amy doesn't love Brian as deeply, her family is quite fond of him.

    Chingshin Debate Open 2024 · Junior Grand Final · 2024-04-20

  • This house regrets the rise of casual romance

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    Casual romance refers to short-term romantic or intimate relationships that upfront do not involve serious commitment or long-term planning. Examples of casual romance include "travel boyfriends, girlfriends", \"summertime romances\", or \"situationships.\" "}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":13251,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":16777215},"9":0,"10":1,"11":4,"12":0,"15":"Arial","16":10}">Casual romance refers to short-term romantic or intimate relationships that upfront do not involve serious commitment or long-term planning. Examples of casual romance include "travel boyfriends/girlfriends", "summertime romances", or "situationships."

    Taylor's Asian Parliamentary 2024 · Open Final · 2024-04-19

  • This house prefers a world where Neros is widely available

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    Neros is a treatment which grants people the ability to choose when and to whom they experience attraction, as opposed to being attracted to people based on psychological factors outside of their control. Once a person undergoes Neros, they will always have to choose their attraction and cannot return to random, biological attraction."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":13251,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":16777215},"9":0,"10":1,"11":4,"12":0,"15":"Arial","16":10}">Neros is a treatment which grants people the ability to choose when and to whom they experience attraction, as opposed to being attracted to people based on psychological factors outside of their control. Once a person undergoes Neros, they will always have to choose their attraction and cannot return to random, biological attraction.

    Taylor's Asian Parliamentary 2024 · Open Final · 2024-04-19

  • This house opposes the 'sexscraper' plan

    Infoslide

    Currently the city of Amsterdam has 3 separate red light districts which take up certain areas around the centre of the city. There is a plan to alter the 2 largest and most central of such districts. The plan entails closing a large portion of rooms in each of these 2 districts. However, every room which is closed in these areas will be moved to a new space in a newly built 'sexscraper' as a new erotic centre in an outer suburb. The building would be discrete from the outside, have a centralised security system, and would also have spaces in the building for other activities such as painting classes and debating.

    Champagne IV 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-04-18

  • This house prefers a world in which the ancient Greek form of sexuality was maintained within society.

    Infoslide

    For the purpose of this debate, in ancient Greek times, sexual orientation was not a social identifier as in modern Western societies. There was no distinguishment for sexual desire or behavior by the gender of the participants, but rather the role the individual took within the act. Forms of marriage did exist, but it was normalized to have sexual relationships outside of marriage.

    Bristol Open 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-04-13

  • This house supports gold digging

    Infoslide

    The term gold digger is slang that refers to an individual who engages with another person, typically in a romantic way, to get access to the other partner's wealth or material possessions.

    Bristol Open 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-04-13

  • This house prefers a world with relationship credit scores.

    Infoslide

    A “relationship credit score” is a score that is given to an individual based on a number of set rules, where good behavior in relationships improves one’s score and bad behavior in relationship decreases one’s score. Any individual can access another's score via a website. For the sake of debate, assume that relationship credit score organizations have access to the necessary information to score on a set of criteria.

    JPDU Spring Tournament 2024 · Open Grand Final · 2024-04-13