Women
Egyptian women left out of new politics post-revolution
Calls for solidarity for women shot down in peaceful protests in Yemen.
Woman in Libya raped by soldiers

Solidarity
Our 1AC should be evaluated as an expression of solidarity with those who resist masculinist oppression.

Debate
The ballot creates norms in this community.
Gendered in a few ways:

1. Argument Preference
   2. Debate Personas
   3. Sexual Violence
   4. Impact - Limitation of participation

Most of the 1AC is essay style with footnotes, here are the cites for the footnotes.

  Atassi ’11 (Basma. “The new Egypt: Leaving women behind,” Al Jazeera English, March 8, 2011.
  Rabbani ’11 (Hanan. “Why Are Women Shut Out of Egypt’s Constitutional Committee?” Open Society, February 25, 2011.
  The Left Hand of Feminism ’11 (“Tawakul Karman: Brave Muslim Feminist Arrested in Yemen,” January 23, 2011.
  Women Journalists Without Chains ’11 (“Women Journalists Without Chains Condemns the Death of a Woman and the Injury of Two Women in Lahij and Hadramawt During Two Women’s Demonstrations,” January 15, 2011.
  Sly ’11 (Liz. “After Libyan woman’s rape claims, methods of Gadaffi government put on display,” Washington Post, March 26, 2011.
  al-Shalchi ’11 (Hadeel. “Libya: Woman claiming rape is free,” Sun Times, AP, 2011.
  Schwartz-Dupre ‘6 (Rae Lynn. “Women in Debate: From Virtual to Material,” Contemporary Argumentation and Debate, 27, 2006.)
  Bruschke & Matz ‘6 (Jon & S. Irene. “Gender Inequity in Debate, Legal, and Business Professions,” Contemporary Argumentation and Debate, 27, 2006.

we read the following cards:

Rape as a strategic weapon of war is deliberately made inevitable by masculinity which is hierarchized within militarism
Meger ’11 (Sara: Ph.D. candidate at the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne.. “Rape in Contemporary Warfare: The Role of Globalization in Wartime Sexual Violence,” African Conflict & Peacebuilding Review 1.1 Spring 2011.)
"The analyses by prominent.....gangs, and military groupings (2000: 57)."

Democracy is in a constant state of redefinition, which is why it’s so important to ask who is included within it –women. Solidarity amongst women is key.
Alexander & Mohanty ’97 (M. Jacqui & Chandra Talpade. Feminist Genealogies, Colonial Legacies, Democratic Futures, 1997. pg. xxx)
"The term "Democracy" has ....experiences of these constituencies.24 "

Need to investigate cross-national processes of solidarity for democracy in order to overcome masculinism and engage in feminist praxis.
Alexander & Mohanty ’97 (M. Jacqui & Chandra Talpade. Feminist Genealogies, Colonial Legacies, Democratic Futures, 1997. pg. xix-xx)
"To talk about feminist praxis ....analyze them are similar."

Reflective solidarity is democratic and based on dissent. Questioning and critique create the basis for solidarity as a communicative practice
Weir ‘8 (Allison: Associate Professor of Philosophy at Wilfrid Laurier University. “Global Feminism and Transformative Identity Politics,” Hypatia, 23.4, Fall 2008.)

"In her Solidarity of Strangers....to working through, together."

Aff: Idaho State VR

Round # 6  Tournament: Shirley

vs: Macalester SG

Judge: David Elkind

Plan Text: The 1AC should be evaluated as an expression of solidarity with those who resist masculinist oppression

1ac Advantages

Gender exclusion within debate

2ac Offense

FWK: Schlag

Kappeler – community good

EU CP – fiat is depersonalizing

Israel DA – puts rape on backburner

CEDA CP – CEDA Process is bad (CEDAW?)

1ar Strategy

same

2ar Strategy

Same

Aff: Idaho State VR

Round #   Tournament: Shirley

vs:

Judge:

Plan Text: USFG should increase assistance for Yemen: political parties and organizations to increase women’s participation and leadership

1ac Advantages

Patriarchy

Important to talk about this in debate

2ac Offense

Policymaking good

Engaging state good

We solve patriarchy

Baudrillard is an asshole

1ar Strategy

Same

2ar Strategy

Same

The ballot creates norms/limitations on discussions.

Debate = Gendered for a few reasons

1. Argument emphasis

2. Debate Personas

Schwartz-Dupre '6(Rae Lynn. "Women in Debate: From Virtual to Material," Contemporary Argumentation and Debate, 27, 2006)

"As debaters, women are....argument construction and coaching.9"

3. Sexual violence

CONSTITUTION OF THE CROSS EXAMINATION DEBATE ASSOCIATION '11 (http://cedadebate.org/files/2011%20Spring%20Constitution.pdf 3/9/11)

4. Limitation of participation

Schwartz-Dupre '6(Rae Lynn. "Women in Debate: From Virtual to Material," Contemporary Argumentation and Debate, 27, 2006)

"When outsiders ask about....are not mutually exclusive. 10"

Bruschke & Matz '6 (Jon & S. Irene. "Gender Inequity in Debate, Legal, and Business Professions," Contemporary Argumentation and Debate, 27, 2006. http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/imatz/research_articles/gender_inequity/gender_inequity_in_debate.htm)

"Both previous and current....participation in preliminary rounds."

The 1AC should be evaluated as an expression of solidarity with those who resist masculinist oppression.

Reflective solidarity is democratic and based on dissent. Questioning and critique create the basis for solidarity as a communicative practice

Weir '8 (Allison. "Global Feminism and Transformative Identity Politics," Hypatia 23.4, Fall 2008)

"In her Solidarity of.....to working through, together."

Even though there are differences between women, there are shared interests. We must identify with those interests, which informs our practices, in order to achieve solidarity

Weir '8 (Allison. "Global Feminism and Transformative Identity Politics," Hypatia 23.4, Fall 2008)

"For example, to what....with conflicts and hostilities.)"

Personal reflection on radical organizations and social movements reveals tolerance and advocacy of gender violence. It is dismissed as "personal" or not as important as other impacts. This leads to destruction of political community

Anarcha '10 ("Why Misogynists Make Great Informants: How Gender Violence on the Left Enables State Violence in Radical Movements," Anarcha, Oct 20, 2010. http://anarchalibrary.blogspot.com/2010/10/why-misogynists-make-great-informants.html)

"Reflecting on the radical....kinds of political community."

Gender violence destroys movements. Speaking out the to the community solves

Anarcha '10 ("Why Misogynists Make Great Informants: How Gender Violence on the Left Enables State Violence in Radical Movements," Anarcha, Oct 20, 2010. http://anarchalibrary.blogspot.com/2010/10/why-misogynists-make-great-informants.html)

Radical movements cannot afford....be destroyed from within."