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  • This House Opposes Race Transitioning

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    Race transitioning refers to the process of a person opting into the racial identity and/or adopting the physical presentation of another racial group, often through either undergoing medical surgery or manipulating identity characteristics/taking advantage of ambiguous identity characteristics in order to 'pass' as a race different to what they have been assigned at birth. As of 2025, race dysphoria is not a recognized medical condition.

    Vitark 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-03-21

  • This house opposes the use of Pink Glasses technology.

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    "Pink Glasses" are glasses that block any object or image that triggers unpleasant emotions to the person wearing them. For example, if a person finds sexualized advertisements, certain art or even homeless people unpleasant, they will not see them when wearing the glasses. The technology is affordable and widely accessible.

    Summer Wars 3.0: The Battle of Supremacy · Grand Final · 2025-03-20

  • This house as a parent in a marginalised community would administer compound V to their eldest child.

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    Compound V is a pharmaceutical product that alters genes to yield superhuman abilities. These abilities vary widely from increased speed, strength and physical durability to invisibility, and superhuman intelligence etc. The safety profile of compound V has not been confirmed, with severe side effects such as permanent disability and death being observed in a minority of drug candidates.

    Summer Wars 3.0: The Battle of Supremacy · Round 4 · 2025-03-20

  • This house believes that the LGBTQ movement should actively seek to denounce Side B Christians

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    Side B Christians are Christians who identify as experiencing same-sex attraction but nevertheless believe that homosexuality is sinful and therefore do not pursue same-sex relationships <br>

    Senior UBC Spring HST 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-03-19

  • This house prefers a world where individuals' primary collective identity is based on livelihood

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    Collective identity shaped by trades and livelihoods involves emphasis on skills, such as being exceptional nurses, engineers, farmers, or teachers. In contrast, in status quo, collective identity is often formed based on a mixture of inherent social traits such as race, gender, or nationality.

    Senior UBC Spring HST 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-03-19

  • This House opposes girlification

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    "Girlification" is a series of trends popularised on social media which link various experiences to femininity, often leaning into attempting to reclaim existing stereotypes about women. Some examples include "sad girl music", "hot girl walks", "lazy girl jobs" (low-effort jobs with good pay), "girl dinner" (creating an unconventional meal from snacks and leftovers), and "girl math" (logistically justifying non-essential purchases).

    Senior UBC Spring HST 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-03-19

  • This house believes that City C should abolish Category A and accept 160 students from the entire region in Tokyo as opposed to maintaining the current examination system.

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    City C is a "fictional" small city in Tokyo. It is famous for its high concentration of businesses. School K is a secondary school in this city, which is a "self-proclaimed" prestigious school, and the city council sets the school budgets every year. The entrance examination system of School K is unique. In Category A, 80 students from City C are selected, and in Category B, 80 students from outside City C who live in Tokyo are selected (duel registration is not allowed). The same entrance examination questions are used for both categories, but due to the difference in the number of applicants, the competition ratio in Category A is approximately 2, while the ratio in Category B is approximately 5 in the recent few years.

    Asian Bridge 2025 · ラウンド1 · 2025-03-15

  • This house believes that parents of the Little Rock Nine should not send their kid to Little Rock Central High School

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    TIME SET: 1957 In 1957, nine African American students, Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Pattillo, Gloria Ray, Terrence Roberts, Jefferson Thomas, and Carlotta Walls, were selected to desegregate Little Rock Central High School. Briggs v. Elliott case of 1952, evidence showed that Black students in Clarendon County, South Carolina, attended schools in dilapidated buildings, lacked basic amenities like heating, and used hand-me- down textbooks from White schools. In the crumbling, overcrowded Black schools, students face not just broken desks and outdated books but also the grim reality of rising crime, drug use, and staggering dropout rates. Little Rock Central High School was previously all-white, and faced immense opposition to the desegregation. It has witnessed violence, and now, Federal troops have been deployed to protect the school from riots and vandalism.

    CBS PD 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-03-15

  • This house regrets the rise of slum tourism

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    Slum tourism is a type of tourism that involves visiting impoverished areas - usually through a service provided by tourism agencies. Slum tourism is now becoming increasingly prominent in developing nations, including, but not limited to, India, Brazil, Kenya and Indonesia.

    Intertext School's AP 2025 (S) · Pre-Finals · 2025-03-15

  • This house regrets the rise of slum tourism

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    Slum tourism is a type of tourism that involves visiting impoverished areas - usually through a service provided by tourism agencies. Slum tourism is now becoming increasingly prominent in developing nations, including, but not limited to, India, Brazil, Kenya and Indonesia.

    Intertext School's AP 2025 (S) · Semifinals · 2025-03-15

  • This House regrets the recent rise of works about radical class subjugation

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    For the purposes of this debate, works about radical class subjugation feature extreme, science fiction scenarios where a detached, wealthy elite subjugates lower classes through violence, confinement, and extreme deprivation (e.g., _The Hunt_ , _Squid Game_ , _The Hunger Games_).

    McGill IV 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-03-14

  • 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

  • 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