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  • This house believes that it is in the interest of feminist movements to aggressively advocate for the normalization of alternative families.

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    An "alternative family" refers to a family structure that differs from the traditional nuclear family model of a married heterosexual couple with biological children. Examples include, but are not limited to single-parent families, cohabiting partners without legal marriage, blended families formed after divorce and remarriage, same-sex parent families, child-free couples, or even chosen families composed of close friends or community members who take on familial roles.

    India ABP Fundraiser 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-08-30

  • This House, as the captain of the youth women’s soccer team, would accept the offer.

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    You are the captain of the Bangladesh youth women’s soccer team that has just won the Asia Cup. In Bangladesh, women athletes often do not receive the institutional support or respect they deserve. Through your leadership, you have rallied your team to international acclaim. Recently, a Western European club has offered you a contract to play for them, which would mean prioritizing your professional career abroad over focusing on your national team.

    VDC Contentions 2025 (English) · Novice Finals · 2025-08-28

  • This house regrets the feminist movement's emphasis on women in positions of leadership (e.g., CEO, President, VP) as opposed to highlighting more common forms of employment held by women (secretary, cashier, primary school teacher)

    VDC Contentions 2025 (English) · Round 1 · 2025-08-28

  • This parliament believes that the feminist movements in Asia should prioritize adaptation to local cultural contexts over universal feminist values.

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    Universal Feminist Values refer to fundamental principles that are universally applicable to all countries and cultures. These principles include equal rights for women and men, equal opportunities in education and the workplace, nondiscrimination, and the full right for women to make decisions about their own bodies and lives. For instance, the United Nations' CEDAW convention universally recognizes women's rights worldwide. On the other hand, Cultural Adaptation of Feminism refers to presenting feminist ideas and movements in alignment with the culture, customs, and social structures of a particular society. This approach makes the messages more acceptable to local people. For example, in South Korea, feminists have fought for women's rights in the workplace while maintaining Confucian family values, or in South Asia, girls' education has been promoted as a means to "strengthen the family."

    NGHSDS 2ND National Debate Festival 2025 · School Semi Finals · 2025-08-22

  • This parliament believes that feminist movements in Asia should prioritize adaptation to local cultural contexts over universal feminist values.

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    Universal Feminist Values refer to core principles that apply equally across all countries and cultures. These include equal rights for women and men, equal opportunities in education and the workplace, non-discrimination, and the full right of women to make decisions about their bodies and lives. For instance, the UN's CEDAW convention universally recognizes women's rights worldwide. On the other hand, Cultural Adaptation of Feminism refers to presenting feminist ideas and movements in a way that aligns with the culture, customs, and social structures of a particular society. This makes the messages more acceptable to local people. For example, in South Korea, feminists have advocated for women's rights in the workplace while maintaining Confucian family values, or in South Asia, promoting girls’ education as a means to "strengthen the family."

    NGHSDS 2ND National Debate Festival 2025 · Semi Finals · 2025-08-22

  • This house believes that feminism should embrace queer temporality

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    Queer temporality is a critique and form of protest where it argues that society views time as heteronormative and gendered by patriarchy- where our response to time is supposed to be urgent, productive, and conforming. Queer temporality intentionally delays our response to time as an act of resistance.

    Kasiyana Open 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-08-16

  • This House would legalise paper abortions in countries where abortions are legal

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    A "paper abortion" is a proposed legal concept whereby a man can formally renounce all parental rights and responsibilities, including financial obligations such as child support, before the birth of a child. For purposes of this debate, paper abortions must be signed within the period of time when abortion is legal.

    BRAC Genders 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-08-15

  • This house supports prioritizing ontological gender plurality (e.g. Judith Butler, Paul Preciado) over identity-based legal recognition frameworks.

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    Ontological gender plurality (as argued by Judith Butler, Paul Preciado, etc.) views gender as fluid, performative, and not fixed. It challenges the idea that gender should be categorized or institutionalized at all. Identity-based legal recognition frameworks aim to include more gender identities (e.g., non- binary, X markers) within existing legal systems by expanding official categories.

    Visayas Intervarsity 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-08-09

  • This House, as a heterosexual, highly educated woman in China, would prefer a "weekend marriage" to a traditional marriage in which the couple lives together.

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    "Weekend marriages" are marriages in which couples live apart at separate residences for a majority of their relationship. They maintain other aspects of a traditional marriage, including but not limited to sharing childcare responsibilities and financial obligations to each other. For the purpose of the debate, assume both individuals are willing participants in the "marriage".

    Guangdong Debate Challenge 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-08-09

  • This House Would choose the sexual album over the introspective album

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    You are an American singer and actress in your early twenties. You gained widespread recognition as a teenager through your role on a popular Disney Channel series. Since then, you’ve released several albums that delve into themes of love, self-discovery, and personal growth, achieving moderate success. As you prepare for your next album, your label has presented you with two options: Album A (the sexual album), which focuses on explicit displays of sexuality, and Album B (the introspective album), which continues the introspective themes you’ve explored in your previous works.

    PKU Pro-Am 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-08-09

  • This house opposes the medicalization of naturally occurring biological processes in women (e.g., menstruation, menopause) in psychology

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    Medicalization is the process of treating previously non-medical issues as defined medical problems, such as a disease or disorder. Examples of this are Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD), which is a mood disorder characterized by more extreme symptoms of Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS); Menopause is also increasingly becoming medicalized and treated as a condition.

    Bicol Debate Union Rookies Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-08-02