How I can beat the group B in debate?!!?

Question

We have competition in debate! How I can beat? The subject is: Men and women are the same!!! Help please!!!

Answer 1

hmm. i would love to help you but i cant really do much since you've nt stated whether u belong to the opposition/proposition team.

in any case, first, organise ur team.

the first speaker shld b str fwd.
second n third have to b witty and alert for rebuttals.
fourth must be able to sum up and clear any rebuttals that have nt been answered.

always be clear with ur your motion. do not sway from what you are supporting.

here are some points which i can think of if:

corporate level (in the office, modelling, political industries)
sports
musical/arts
physical strengths
purpose in a family ( talk abt family structure)
emotional/psychological behaviour


expound on these points IN DEPTH. one impt thing to take note is that there are many rooms for rebuttals for this subject and you have gt to b very alert abt what team B is talking abt.

ur group's rebuttal must b prepared before hand. get tgthr n brainstorm on what qns might come out. or even better, get ppl to ask you qns. search the internet, get 2nd opinions, whatever it is, you HAVE to make sure all loopholes are taken care of before entering the battefield. put yourselves in team B's shoes and think about what you would say/ask if you were them.

if it helps, create a list of rebuttal qns that you can ask and categorise them according to their topics. during the debate itself, when ur opponent touches on the topic you've anticipated, circle the topic and tick the qns that will b best suited for the situation so that you will not forget. this shld mainly b done by the third n fourth speaker. they will then pass it to the second speaker for him to rebutt.

note that it is also impt that your points are all FACTS and not OPINIONS. get evidences!! newspaper articles, internet sources, quotes, graphs and charts... these can come in handy.

it is always better to concede that there are certain parameters to the subject at the start and then put forth ur view.

eg, if you are the proposition team,

dear honourable judges and guests, the motion of today is that "men and women are the same" and my team, strongly believes in this motion and we are proposing for this motion. yes, we do agree that there are aspects that men and women are not the same, for instance, in their physical features. HOWEVER,.........
blah blah blah.
(here, you shld give a preview on what points ur group's going to touch on and which speaker is going to deliver them)
eg. my group will touch mainly on three topics, first, i will touch on the emotional aspect, followed by (let's say) Betty who will tell you more on men and women being equal in sports and lastly... blah blah.
.....
....
i would now like to end my speech, and i believe that at the end of this debate, my team and i would prove to you that men and women are in fact the same.
(remember that throughout the entire debate, you should try to refer your teamates by their names or positions, same for your opponents)

word of caution, do NOT run ur opponents down directly. use sarcasm to show them how silly they are instead.

eg. ur opponents talk abt men n women being different because of their physical features.
instead of saying it is stupid to compare physical features because they are obviously different, say "all of us have two eyes, two ears and a mouth with hairs on our body and IQ higher than other animals, allowing us to be classified under the homo sapiens group. now what is different abt that again ?"

it would be good if the fourth speaker could end his speech with some thought provoking qns or quote to leave a "BAM" effect on the audience.

good luck for ur debate. remember to prepare, prepare and PREPARE!!!

Answer 2

Debating tips - how to "win" a debate

No. 1: Stay Calm
No matter how passionate you are about an issue, it is always alienating to be screamed at, lectured to or spoken to like an idiot. It makes the other person go into ‘protective’ mode right at the point when you want them to listen sympathetically to your viewpoint. So, no screaming, wagging fingers, waving arms, thumping tables or condescension – and that includes ‘voice tone condescension’ even though the words you are saying are innocuous in themselves!

No 2: No Judgemental Language
Do you want a sure-fire way of making someone switch-off to your viewpoint and become hostile and defensive? Use judgemental language and negative labels – or use a tone of voice which implies these things.
“Only a fool would believe…”
“What kind of moronic statement is that?”
“That’s just ridiculous and unreasonable.”
“Come off it! You cannot be serious, surely?”
“Listen, I’m going to explain this just once more, and s-l-o-w-l-y, OK?”
“That’s the sort of stupid question I have come to expect from fools like you.”
“Sigh… I’m wasting my time here. I thought you had a bit more intelligence.”

No. 3: Listen to the Other Person and Respect Their Viewpoint:
“I don’t learn anything when I’m talking,” is a very true saying.
What do you most want from your encounter? You want the other person to listen to you considerately, hear your viewpoint, think about it intelligently, then hopefully come on to your side?
The best way to achieve this is to give the other person the same respect – this can difficult to do if they're challenging a deeply held view as opposed to a subject you've been given in class that you might not care about. It might seem to you that the other person is being deliberately stupid or acerbic, but consider that most people engage in debate either either because they are curious or because they have some strongly held views of their own. Their views may be wrong (in your opinion) but they must be respected.

No. 4: Address Their Needs and Concerns FIRST
Try to connect with and acknowledge the other person’s position first. If they are just mildly curious and have no strong feelings either way, you can proceed straight to the main arguments. Blinding someone with a huge array of facts if deep down they're holding on to an idea for a specific reason (fear/ ideology/ upbringing etc). Address that first.

No. 5: Preparation, preparation, preparation.
Do as much reading about the subject as you can - BOTH sides (then you have an idea about what the other side is going to come up with). Talk to people as well - you may think you know the issue inside and out, then someone will come up with a brand new take on it.

No. 6: You’ve Heard it a 100 Times Before But THEY Haven’t
No matter how many times you have heard an argument, try to avoid sighing and rolling your eyes before launching into the thousandth repetition of the argument against. The message you are sending is: “Oh my God! I can’t believe you asked such a moronically obvious question. (Sigh). Oh well, I guess I’ll have to explain it s-l-o-w-l-y for you once again…”. Maybe it's that person's first time that they've ever heard these arguments being raised, and the first time they've been given the alternative side.

REMEMBER: Change May Not Come Immediately
You’ve talked for an hour, listened to and acknowledged their concerns and produced a glittering array of unassailable points - but that pig-headed idiot (to use judgemental language!) is sticking to his guns. This does not mean that you have lost. Often people feel the need to stick to their position, even when they know they are defending the indefensible. Haven’t we all done that at some time? Maybe later, or next day or next week something you have said will suddenly have an effect and they will come to you and say: “I’ve been thinking about what we discussed last week, and you know, I think you’ve got a point…”

Answer 3

Women do not even have the same physica lor chemical makeup as men. Estrogen and testerone levels create a big chemical difference.A man and womans chest structure as far as muscular patterns are not the same not to mention the other added and missing parts.

Answer 4

I could help more if I knew whether you were on the pro or con side of this. However, make sure that during your rebuttle, state that although you understand where your opponent is coming from, this is the reason why you feel that you are correct.

Answer 5

Are you for or against the motion?

Answer 6

decide a good reasons for your side but they have to bee good and it depends what side your on