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  • This house believes that feminist movements should engage directly in electoral politics (e.g. endorsing and campaigning on behalf of specific political candidates, forming feminist political parties and wings of political parties, donating to political campaigns, etc.).

    LUMS Asians x OPFDC 2025 · U-19 Finals · 2025-11-10

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

    Infoslide

    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.

    LUMS Asians x OPFDC 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-11-10

  • This House Opposes the Rise of Sorority as a Strategy to Promote Feminist Ideals.

    Infoslide

    In feminism, sorority is a concept that recognizes the importance of empathy, solidarity, and connection among women to confront patriarchal oppression and build networks of mutual support. In many contemporary practices, sorority is presented by imposing standards of conduct, loyalty, and forms of interaction on women, seeking specific behaviors and modes of belonging within the movement.

    Santa Fe Open 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-11-07

  • This house, as the feminist movement, W actively ostracise women who hold views traditionally deemed as anti-women (e.g. being against pro-choice policies, saying that women should dress modestly, believing a woman's duty is as a wife or mother)

    DTU Pre-Worlds 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-11-01

  • This house believes that CJ Opiaza should not accept the crown

    Infoslide

    In pageantry, "in the case that the winner failed to fulfill her duties, the first runner-up will take her position." Recently, Miss Grand International dethroned their reigning Miss MGI 2024 Rachel Gupta of India for her inability and unwillingness to fulfill her responsibilities. Gupta gave her own statement accusing that the organization has mistreated her, the org was quick to deny this. CJ Opiaza is the first runner-up and is set to be the first MGI titleholder from the Philippines.

    3rd Visayas Novice Debate Cup · Round 2 · 2025-10-25

  • This house welcomes the separation of GAFCON from the traditional Anglican communion

    Infoslide

    In October 2025, the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON)—a coalition of predominantly Global South Anglican provinces—announced that it would no longer recognize the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury or the traditional instruments of the Anglican Communion. The decision followed the appointment of Sarah Mullally as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, which GAFCON leaders criticized as reflecting a departure from traditional doctrine. GAFCON declared plans to form its own theocratic leadership and governance structures, as well as establish a parallel Anglican denomination to the traditional Anglican communion.

    Manila Pre-WUDC 2025 · EFL Finals · 2025-10-24

  • This house believes that parents should teach daughters to assume men are "guilty until proven innocent".

    Infoslide

    For the purposes of the debate, assuming a man is "guilty until proven innocent" means to assume he is ill-intentioned until proven otherwise. Believing a man is "guilty until proven innocent" may imply, among other things, believing he is untrustworthy, overwhelmingly driven by lust, or harbours a tendency to look down upon women.

    Manila Pre-WUDC 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-10-24

  • This house believes that feminist groups on American college campuses should campaign for the banning of Greek life.

    Infoslide

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    Institution of Business Administration Debating Championship 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-10-24

  • This house welcomes the separation of GAFCON from the traditional Anglican communion

    Infoslide

    In October 2025, the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON)—a coalition of predominantly Global South Anglican provinces—announced that it would no longer recognize the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury or the traditional instruments of the Anglican Communion. The decision followed the appointment of Sarah Mullally as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, which GAFCON leaders criticized as reflecting a departure from traditional doctrine. GAFCON declared plans to form its own theocratic leadership and governance structures, as well as establish a parallel Anglican denomination to the traditional Anglican communion.

    Manila Pre-WUDC 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-10-24

  • This house believes that it is in the interest of feminist movements in India to engage in vigilantism

    Infoslide

    Some feminist and grassroots groups in India have turned to vigilantism as a form of resistance and protection against sexual violence. One well-known example is the Gulabi Gang in Uttar Pradesh, whose members confront abusers, often with physical violence and public displays of anger.

    Davao Novice Cup 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-10-18

  • This house believes that it is in the queer community’s interest to point out the Manosphere’s homoaffectivity.

    Infoslide

    The manosphere is a masculinist subculture composed exclusively of men who, in turn, promote masculine personal development, whether through criticism of feminism (strong or moderate) or by advocating that men invest their time in themselves without the need to seek a romantic relationship or build a family. It is a community centered on masculinity and men’s communities, espousing ideas such as “only men know how to love.”

    Open Estou Além 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-10-17

  • This House regrets that feminism has prioritized the narrative of individual empowerment at the expense of collective mobilization. This is a debate motion that critiques a perceived shift in feminist focus from collective action to individual empowerment narratives.

    Curitiba Week of British Parliamentary 2025 · Rodada 1 · 2025-10-17

  • This House Believes That the feminist movement in developing countries should refrain from critiquing religious practices that have different rules based on gender (e.g. wearing of veils and separate prayer spaces in Islam, different rules of conduct for female monks in Buddhism etc.)

    Oxford Schools 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-10-12

  • THO seperate gender categories within competitions for sports with no obvious gendered physiological difference

    Infoslide

    Within the status quo, sports like ultramarathon swimming, sharpshooting, and curling have no obvious gendered difference, yet frequently have seperate categories within major competitions (like the olympics) based on gender.

    Laurier (Waterloo) Fall High School Tournament 2025 · Junior Semifinals · 2025-10-11