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  • This house would never enter into a relationship with a closeted individual

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    For the purposes of this debate, you are an out queer individual in a Western liberal democracy

    Bristol Pro Am 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-11-20

  • This house prefers a world where co-parenting is primarily done by consenting individuals in non-romantic relationships (ie. conducted by partners who have no romantic or sexual relationship, eg. friends) rather than consenting individuals in romantic relationships

    Pacific Schools Open 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-11-10

  • This house would stay in a committed monogomous ralationship with the worm

    Infoslide

    You are a middle-aged person who has been in a committed monogamous relationship for over 15 years. You have built a life together and sworn to love each other for better or for worse and in sickness and in health. You have until now been madly in love and believed you would die old together. For the purposes of this debate, worms are sentient creatures who cannot verbally communicate, apart from one day a year when they can verbally communicate on Halloween. Just over 10% of humans that turn into worms turn back into humans. Your partner has turned into a worm.

    London School of Economics and Political Science Inter-Varsity 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-11-04

  • This house would preference romantic partners whose view of love is more aligned to the outlook of The Proclaimers than Meat Loaf

    Infoslide

    In the song 'I Wanna Be (500 Miles)', The Proclaimers state their willingness to walk 1000 miles just to be rejected by their muse. In the song 'I'd Do Anything For Love (But I won't do that)', Meat Loaf suggests that there is at least one thing that he would not do for love.

    London School of Economics and Political Science Inter-Varsity 2023 · Pro-Am Finals · 2023-11-04

  • This house, as Sebastian, regrets breaking up with Mia

    Infoslide

    You are Sebastian, a talented jazz musician. In your early 20s, you were working unfulfilling miscelaneous music jobs with the hope of opening a succesful jazz bar one day. During this time, you met a girl named Mia, who was auditioning (unsucessfully) for movies and had hopes of becoming a succesful actress one day. Your music career was growing slowly and you were getting more famous every day, when all of a sudden, Mia had auditioned succesfully for a movie and would be traveling all around the world to build her acting career. You break up. Last night, Mia, who is now a succesful actress, walked into your now succesful jazz bar with her new husband, and when you see her, you realize you are not completely over her.

    Western University Fall Debating Championships 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-11-03

  • This house, as a young adult exploring a new connection, would use the machine

    Infoslide

    There is a machine that tells you the highest potential length of your romantic relationship, you can only only use this machine at the start of your relationship and it will not reveal any more details about your relationship or what causes it to end.

    Manchester Novices 2023 · Silver Finals · 2023-10-21

  • This house regrets the prevalence of marriage-based matchmaking shows (Love is Blind, Indian Matchmaking, Married at First Sight, The Ultimatum).

    Hart House Inter-Varsity 2023 · Novice Semifinals · 2023-10-15

  • This house believes that the feminist movement in Western Liberal Democracies should actively campaign for and provide funding for feminist/ethical porn

    Western Inter-varsity 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-10-07

  • This house, as the mainstream feminist movement, would actively support "SWERF".

    Infoslide

    ‘SWERF (Sex Worker Exclusionary Radical Feminism)’ refers to a strand of radical feminism which opposes women’s participation in sex work and the pornography industry with the belief that they are counterproductive to women’s rights.

    2023 KUDC x KIDA Fall Rookie Tournament · Round 2 · 2023-10-07

  • This house would not enter a long-distance relationship

    Transpacific World Schools Debating Championship · Round 5 · 2023-10-06

  • This house would ban lifestyle clauses in prenuptial agreements

    Infoslide

    Lifestyle clauses are are terms within prenuptial agreements that dictate how partners should act during the marriage. These clauses can forbid a partner from cheating, gaining weight, determine who takes care of the children and who works, the raising of children in a particular religion, or the amount of time partners should spend together. If one partner violates the clause, it results in a financial penalty paid to the other partner in the event of a divorce.

    McGill Central Canadian Novice Championship 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-09-29

  • This house as this person at this point in time with the pill in their hands, would take the pill.

    Infoslide

    X are in a happy, committed ten-year long relationship with Y (with a house and a dog). You recently found out that early on into the relationship, X cheated on you with another person, and you have not told anyone. Your significant other is the only other person that knows about the infidelity, and does not know that you know. You have in your hands a pill to make you instantly forget this information, but it will only work on this day.

    14th CNLU Parliamentary Debate 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-09-22

  • Assuming exes to have had been in a relationship for over an year, This house would choose to go no contact with their exes.

    14th CNLU Parliamentary Debate 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-09-22

  • This house supports a norm where couples in long-term relationships take regular sabbaticals from the relationship (e.g., stop seeing each other, live separately if living together)

    UCLA Intervarsity Debating Champsionships 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-09-16

  • This House supports a norm of non-romantic, sexual activities in already-established, close friendships

    USU IV 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-09-16