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  • This house, as the feminist movement, would advocate for women in the US to adopt the 4B principles

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    The 4B, or "Four Nos", is a feminist movement originating in South Korea that promotes: no sex with men, no giving birth, no dating men, and no marriage with men

    Durham Schools 2025📚🏫 · Open Quarterfinal · 2025-03-29

  • This house would legalize secondary or solidarity strikes

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    Secondary or solidarity strikes involve unions striking not against their own employer but in support of workers from another company or industry. Currently, countries like the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, and Germany generally prohibit these strikes.

    Luzon Novice Debate Cup 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-03-29

  • This house supports the shaming of individuals as a tactic for social movements to catalyse change (e.g. for not taking environmentally sustainable actions, or violating lockdown/quarantine policies)

    Joynt Scroll 2024 · Round 2 · 2025-03-29

  • This house prefers a world where individuals believe circumstances are a result of their own actions rather than the result of chance

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    In Pokemon: The Movie, Mewtwo states: 'I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant - it is what you do that determines who you are.'

    Joynt Scroll 2024 · Round 3 · 2025-03-29

  • This House Prefers the franchise system to the separate league system when establishing women's sports teams and leagues.

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    For the purpose of this debate, the franchise system refers to establishing women's teams as franchises of men's teams (e.g. Arsenal F.C. and Arsenal Women's F.C.), and the separate league system refers to establishing an entirely separate league with separate teams (e.g. the NHL and the PWHL having the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Toronto Sceptres)

    North American University Debating Championships 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-03-28

  • This house Regrets the dominance of 'sadiring-tawo'

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    In Bikol philosophy, 'sadiring-tawo' ('one's own') refers to an exclusivist principle that prioritizes the needs and wishes of one's family clan on the basis of debt of gratitude and one's identity being inherently tied to their bloodline. As a result, (1) all kinds of social life are organized around the family, including but not limited to: important events (e.g., marriages, financial decisions), business endeavors, celebrations, and political parties; and (2) breaking familial rules sanctions an individual through ostracization or gossip.

    BDU Rookies BP · Open Grand Final · 2025-03-22

  • This house believes that higher education institutions should heavily prioritise asynchronous learning over synchronous learning

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    Synchronous learning refers to instructors and students gathering at the same time and (virtual or physical) place and interacting in “real-time”. Asynchronous learning refers to students accessing materials at their own pace and interacting with each other over longer periods.

    NTU DC 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-03-22

  • This house believes that charity organisations should heavily engage in business activities to generate income instead of relying on donations

    NTU DC 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-03-22

  • This house supports the abolishment of tenure

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    Academic tenure refers to the permanent appointment of faculty members in institutions of higher education, such that they can only be dismissed from their positions for highly serious forms of misconduct or due to extraordinary circumstances like programme discontinuation. Generally, firing staff with tenure is rather difficult although not impossible, and often requires there to have been a criminal charge. Tenure is usually granted on the basis of research published, service length or the ability to gain significant external funding for the institution that they work in.

    NTU DC 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-03-22

  • This house opposes the taste for frivolity

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    The "taste for frivolity" refers to a social norm that encourages people not to take anything "too seriously." This expectation manifests in a demand to be ironic and entertaining, a preference for nonchalance and effortless image curation, and a stigma against earnest and formal behavior.

    Drexel Debate Open 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-03-22