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ROUND 5
 Theme:

GENDER AND
SEXUALITY
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 of you who are
celebrating Pride Month

y'all are
hecking valid
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Context Slide for Motion 1

Kink at Pride refers to the activity of wearing sexually suggestive clothing
and accesories during Pride parades. Examples would be wearing harnesses,
leashes, handcuffs, carrying whips, etc - essentially paraphernalia related to
sexual kinks.
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Context Slide for Motion 2

Girlboss was a term coined by the CEO of the company Nasty Gal, Sofia
Amoruso, to define women who by virtue of their hardwork and hustle were
able to rise to the top of the corporate hierarchy. They were unapologetic
about being women and using their identity to fulfil their capitalist aspiration
and empowerment. The term was later used to define many other such
women CEOs like Sheryl Sandberg of FB, Steph Korey of Away and lead to the
rise of numerous women-led entrepreneurial ventures like The Wing,
Glossier, Refinery29, Man Repeller etc.
However, all of these companies have had allegations of toxic work cultures,
discrimination, gaslighting and gatekeeping and lack of intersectionality.
They have been criticised for being incompatible to feminism. As a result,
many of these companies have incurred significant losses in the market,
with some filing for bankruptcy like Nasty Gal in 2016.
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Context Slide for Motion 3

As a movement, while feminism largely advocates for equality between the
genders, there are a lot of differences within its subgroups. They differ on
grounds of how these groups see the different manifestations of patriarchy,
and what they think is the best way to fight it.The tension between the
different sub groups often leads them to exist in smaller silos (i.e.isolated).
Examples of such differing subgroups would include: Choice vs Radical
Feminists; Pro military drafting vs. anti army feminists; Marxist Feminists vs
Girlboss/Capitalist Feminists, etc.
Defining a Feminist Method would mean defining feminism and consolidating
its stand on multiple gender issues (including but not limited to the
examples mentioned above).
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Motion 1
TH in a Western Liberal Democracy, supports No kink at
Pride.
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Motion 2
THR the "cancelling" of "girlbosses".
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Motion 3
THBT defining a feminist method would do more harm
than good.
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Summary Slide
1- TH in a West Liberal Democracy, supports No kink at
Pride.
2- THR the "cancelling" of "girlbosses".
3- THBT defining a feminist method would do more harm
than good.