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  • Gonzaga 1AC

    • Tournament: Gonzaga | Round: 1 | Opponent: UTSA CN | Judge: Vince Alvarez

    • Contention 1 – imperial masculinities

      Gender is intimately tied to democratic transition in a variety of ways but is currently being ignored. Gender needs to be analyzed and understood in the context of the Arab Spring. One perspective is that building up and empowering women’s civil society groups is crucial to bring about social transformation that strengthens rights-based democracy while preventing the rist of patriarchal authoritarian regimes.

      Moghadam 11 (“Engendering democracy: women and the mass social protests in the Middle East and North Africa”)

      Engendering democracy. I propose that the gender of democracy matters…as well as the protests of this year

       

      However, current US discourse about the Arab Spring is fueled by liberal feminism and imperialism and is mired in Islamophobia that positions women as passive victims of their religion and social location while ignoring the active struggles of women in the region. This results in the US supporting dicatators over Islamic groups which makes violence inevitable.

      ILGA 11 (“Imperial feminism, Islamophobia, and the Egyptian Revolution)

      We’ll go down and demand our rights, our fundamental human rights…with dictatorship and thirty-plus years of repression in Egypt?

       

      The construction of Arab women as passive victims is a tool used to position Muslims as the abject Other in order to justify violent military interventions and erase the reality of women’s lives

      Zine 6 (“Between Orientalism and Fundamentalism: The Politics of Muslim Women’s Feminist Engagement”)

      There are contradictory desires at the heart of the war on terror…a small price to pay for maintaining public safety (Freedman, Ch 8).

       

      These discourses mask and distract from the many structures of oppression that disproportionately affect women. Muslim feminists are uniquely positioned to challenge these structures but have been ignored by international feminist groups.

      Zine 6 (Same as above)

      In this discussion I have indicated that…and faith-based Muslim feminists.

       

      Imperial gender ideology towards the Middle East is responsible for endless wars and masculinized forms of military control and colonialism

      Mohanty 11 (“Imperial democracies, militarized Zones, feminist engagements”)

      This post-11 September 2001 consolidation of imperial democracies…and national values and ideologies (Enloe 2007).

       

      PLAN: The USFG should initiate exchanges between gender-focused organizations in topically designated countries

       

      Contention 2 – transformative politics

      The US should foster dialogues and exchanges between women’s groups in the Arab Spring countries in order to build networks of civil society that ensure women’s interests get translated into policy

      USIP 11 (“Women and the Arab Spring” May 5)

      How women will fare as a result of the Arab Spring is uncertain…to give up their newfound civic roles and responsibilities

       

      Dialogue between feminist groups is critical to social transformation. Openness to the perspectives of others reorients feminist politics and allows collectivity based on diversity. A recognition of difference and an attentiveness to complexity theory are crucial.

      Carline and Pearson 7 (“Complexity and Queer Theory Approaches to International Law and Feminist Politics: Perspectives on Trafficking”)

      Complexity theory and queer theory both emphasize the necessity of dialogue…one must also recognize that inevitably proposals and reforms are always partial and exclusive

       

      Western recognition of and engagement with transnational Muslim women’s activism challenges islamopohbia, resolves the most likely conflicts resulting form civilization clashes, and provides the basis for challenge the dominance of Western universality

      Weirich 6 (“The New Muslim Intellectuals: Gender Equality and the Public Sphere”)

      The question of Muslim transnational dialogue community is relevant…in which we can not only ‘think past’ US hegemony but actually move beyond it” (Barlas 2005:106)

       

      And the current liberal feminist political strategy base don inclusion within the world as is can never be transformative and entrenches patriarchy – the alternative strategies based on diversity can’t gain strength because they are seen as purely theoretical --- politicizing these strategies through organizing space for disempowered women to speak is the only way to radically reorient feminist politics

      Verloo 5 (“Displacement and Empowerment: Reflections on the Concept and Practice of the Council of Europe Approach to Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Equality”)

      As Judith Squires notes in her excellent overview…with the power analysis underlying the displacement argument

       

      And, transnational feminist dialogue creates space for silenced voices to rearticulate western-centric conceptions of universality, challenging the dominant imperialist discourse. Compelxity theory demonstrates that politics is always in flux – a process of dialogue is critical to ensure attentiveness to diversity and difference.

      Carline and Pearson 7 (above)

      Diversity and plurality have also caused concern…and to be open to cultural translation and transformation

       

      Specifically, Muslim women’s transnational dialogue engages in “multiple critique” that challenges both Western privilege and fundamental Islam – results in new forms of knowledge production that transform politics

      Weirich 6 (above)

      When applied to the question of Muslim women’s rights…as a result of contemporary Muslim forms and space of political practices




09/05/11
  • UNLV Plan Text

    • Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:

    • The United States federal government should support exchanges between gender-focused organizations in topically designated countries




10/23/11
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  • Round Reports

    • Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:

    • Aff:Texas GM
      Round #  3 Tournament: Shirley
      vs:Dartmouth ER
      Judge:Gordie Miller

       

       

      Plan Text

      USFG support dialogue for female organizations

       

      1ac Advantages

      gender

       

      2ac Offense

      K of politics DA

       

      1ar Strategy

      Answering the K and t

       

      2ar Strategy
       

      Team Name: Texas GM

      Round # Harvard Round 3

      vs Team: Wake BC

      Judge: Nick Miller

       

       

      Plan Text

       

      USFG supports dialogue between feminist NGOs in topic countries.

       

      1ac w/ cites

       

      Big feminism advantage, imperialism impacts too

       

               2AC Tricks, Add-Ons

       

       

                  Answers to Off-case Arguments

       

      Straight turn orientalism

      Justification-based offense on DAs/CPs

       

                  Answers to Major Case Arguments

       

      Uses justification args against consequentialism

       

                  1AR Strategy Notes

       

      All-in on justification argument on the counterplan/DA

                  




11/11/11
  • USC 1AC

    • Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:

    • Contention One is Imperial Masculinities

      Gender is a site of power ignored in analysis of the Arab revolutions.

      However, local feminist organizations are actively pushing for democratization.

      Moghadam 11 (Valentine, Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies, Purdue University, “Engendering Democracy: Women and the Mass Social Protests in the Middle East and North Africa”, March 5)

      Engendering Democracy I propose that the .... as well as the protests of this year.


      1AC

      Unfortunately, US democracy assistance ignores relations of gender that structure democratization processes, making exclusionary, failed policies inevitable

      Handrahan ‘2 [Lori, Professorial Lecturer, School of International Service, London School of Economics' Sociology and Gender Institute, Gendering Ethnicity: Implications for Democracy Assistance. Issues in Globalization Series, pp. 66-74]

      USAID's failure is due in part to the fact that democracy assistance is not engaging with ... supported by US AID funds were 100% men (Zairash 1998).

       


      1ac

      And, US discourse of the Arab revolutions is mired in gendered exclusions and fear of islam which position Arab women as passive victims and willfully ignores their driving of the uprisings.

      This positioning is fueled by Western liberal feminism and imperialism to justify violent intervention in the name of humanitarianism.

      Solidarity with the diverse voices of women challenges this masculinist frame.

      Naber 11 (Nadine, an Associate Professor in Arab American Studies, the Program in American Culture and the Department of Women's Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, “Imperial Feminism, Islamophobia and the Egyptian Revolution”, February)

      We’ll go down and demand our rights, ... and thirty-plus years of repression in Egypt?

       

       

      This distorted construction of Arab women is nothing new – it has historically been used to justify and mask US military violence.

      Zine 6 (Jasmin, Assistant Professor in the Sociology Department at Wilfrid Laurier University, “Between Orientalism and Fundamentalism:  The Politics of Muslim Women’s Feminist  Engagement”, Muslim World Journal of Human Rights, Volume 3 Issue 1 Article 5)

      There are contradictory desires at the heart ... small price to pay for maintaining public safety   (Freedman, Ch 8).  

       


      1ac

      These militaristic imperial discourses distract from the multiple forms of violence that disproportionately affect women. The perspectives of Muslim women are critical to fight this multiple oppression but are excluded from international feminist movements.

      Zine 6 (Jasmin, Assistant Professor in the Sociology Department at Wilfrid Laurier University, “Between Orientalism and Fundamentalism:  The Politics of Muslim Women’s Feminist  Engagement”, Muslim World Journal of Human Rights, Volume 3 Issue 1 Article 5)

      In this discussion I have indicated that ...and faith-based Muslim feminists.

       

       

      Imperial gender ideology towards the Middle East is responsible for endless wars and masculinized forms of military control and colonialism

      Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Gender Studies at Syracuse University, 2011

      [3/26 “Imperial Democracies, Militarised Zones,  Feminist Engagements” Economic & Political Weekly vol xlvi no 13]

      The post-11 September 2001 consolidation of ...  educational systems, and na-  tional values and identities (Enloe 2007).

       

      1ac plan

      United States Federal Government should support dialogue on gendered processes of democratization in topically designated countries.


      1ac

      Contention two is transformative politics

      The US should foster dialogues between women’s groups in the topic countries in order to build networks of civil society that ensure women’s interests get translated into policy.

      USIP 11 (United States Institute for Peace, The Institute employs more than 70 specialists with both geographic and subject-matter expertise. These experts are leaders in their fields. They come from the government, military, NGOs, academia, and the private sector. “Women and the Arab Spring”, May 5)

      How women will fare as a result ... their newfound civic roles and responsibilities.


      1AC

      US democracy assistance must engage meaningfully with women in civil society.

      Current assistance focused on the male state results in gendered exclusion and structural violence.

      Handrahan 2 [Lori, Professorial Lecturer, School of International Service, London School of Economics' Sociology and Gender Institute, Gendering Ethnicity: Implications for Democracy Assistance. Issues in Globalization Series, pp. 81-85]

      Despite USAID's assertion that civil society promotion ... successful democratic assistance programming. 

       

       


      1ac

      Diverse feminist dialogue is crucial to transformative politics and law reform attentive to marginalized voices.

      Complexity theory proves the necessity of dialogue to avoid assimilation of difference.

      Carline and Pearson 7 (Dr. Anna, lecturer in law at Liverpool John Moores University in the United Kingdom, and Dr. Zoe, lecturer in the School of Law, Keele University, “Complexity and Queer Theory Approaches to International Law and Feminist Politics: Perspectives on Trafficking”, Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, Volume 19, Number 1, 2007, pp. 73-118, project muse)

      Complexity theory and queer theory both ...inevitably proposals and  reforms are always partial and exclusive.

       


      1ac

      US support for Muslim women’s dialogue centered on their activism corrects the gendered narrative of their total oppression by Islam.

      This reorients US engagement and understanding of world politics.

      Weirich 6 (Sarah, MA Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers, “The New Muslim Intellectuals: Gender Equality, and the Public Sphere”)

      The question of Muslim transnational ... but actually move beyond it” (Barlas 2005:106).

       


      1ac

      And, the current liberal feminist political strategy entrenches patriarchy and ignores marginalized women’s voices by calling for integration into the current political order.

      Only creating spaces for disempowered women to speak politicizes a feminist strategy of diversity that transforms the gendered order.

      Verloo 5 (Mieke, Senior Lecturer in Political Sciences and Gender Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen and Research Director of an EU-funded comparative research facility, “Displacement and Empowerment:  Reflections on the Concept and Practice of the Council of Europe Approach to Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Equality”, Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society 12.3 (2005) 344-365)

      As Judith Squires notes in her excellent overview ... underlying the displacement argument.

       


      1ac

      The diversity within the category of “woman” means political reform must occur based around constant dialogue.

      Transnational feminist dialogue creates space for previously silenced voices to rearticulate imperialist western-centric conceptions of universality.

      Carline and Pearson 7 (Dr. Anna, lecturer in law at Liverpool John Moores University in the United Kingdom, and Dr. Zoe, lecturer in the School of Law, Keele University, “Complexity and Queer Theory Approaches to International Law and Feminist Politics: Perspectives on Trafficking”, Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, Volume 19, Number 1, 2007, pp. 73-118, project muse)

      Diversity and plurality have also caused concern ... open to  cultural translation and transformation.


      1AC

      US engagement with diverse civil society groups of the Arab revolutions fosters a counter-narrative that reorients American exceptionalism in the Middle East.

      Yucesoy 11 (Hayrettin, PhD, Associate Professor of History at Saint Louis University and author of Messianic Beliefs and Imperial Politics, “Revolutions and Teaching in the Middle East and Islam”, May 3)

      One can argue that the revolutions in the Middle East ...a decentralized narrative of world history.

       

       


      1ac

      Specifically, Muslim women’s transnational dialogue engages in “multiple critique” which results in new forms of knowledge production that transform politics

      Weirich 6 (Sarah, MA Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers, “The New Muslim Intellectuals: Gender Equality, and the Public Sphere”)

      The New Islamic Intellectuals and “Globalization from Below”

      When applied to the question of Muslim ... Muslim forms and spaces of political practices.


      1ac

      And, Attempts to combine challenges to gendered power relations with another goal results in gender being framed as a means to ends.

      This ensures liberal feminist calls for integration are the only voices heard and the status quo power relations are maintained at the expense of marginalized women.

      Verloo 5 (Mieke, Senior Lecturer in Political Sciences and Gender Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen and Research Director of an EU-funded comparative research facility, “Displacement and Empowerment:  Reflections on the Concept and Practice of the Council of Europe Approach to Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Equality”, Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society 12.3 (2005) 344-365)

      Some studies that focus on assessing the ...of certain feminist voices.


      1AC

      The revolutions gesture towards the complexity of emergent causality—The uncertain engagement with new perspectives allows us to confront the complex uncertainties of the status quo.

      Connoly 11 (William, Johns Hopkins University, “The Politics of The Event”, April, The Contemporary Condition)

      The rebellions in Eastern Europe, the collapse of the S...in politics and ethics, literary and artistic




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