You are an average Finnish teenager playing a boardgame with your close friends and family. On the table, there is a plate with a single cookie remaining.

You are a promising high school debater at the beginning of your debate journey. You have the choice between 2 debate coaches of equal skill, achievements and experience. One of them, Coach Soft has a coaching technique that is kind, gentle, and focused on balance and enjoyment. The other, Coach Hard, has a coaching technique that is demanding, critical, and focused on achievement and progress by any means necessary. 

For the context of this debate, Religious Revival refers to a recent, significant resurgence of organised religion in historically secular Western societies. After several decades of declining religious affiliation and practice, there has been a clear increase in religious identification, regular participation in religious services, and personal expressions of faith, especially among younger adults. 

The Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention (ILO C169) is a major international convention concerning Indigenous and tribal peoples, and it is binding to those states that have ratified it. The convention seeks to protect rights, ensure participation, recognize ownership, respect cultural identity, promote self-development, and facilitate cross-border cooperation of Indigenous and tribal peoples. It is currently ratified by 24 states. 

Examples of policies implemented to fulfill the duties arising from the convention include: ensuring Indigenous participation in mining and forestry decisions, transfer of land ownership, mandating consultation before enacting projects and legislation affecting tribal people.

The trend of belittling men in popular media includes the following examples: 

Music: 

Lily Allen, 4chan stan (2025) “What a sad, sad man // It’s giving 4chan stan” 

Manchild, Sabrina Carpenter (2025): “Baby what do you call it // Stupid! // Or is it slow? // Maybe it's useless! // But there’s a cuter word for it // I know // Manchild” 

Chappell Roan, Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl (2023): “I’m through with all these hyper-mega-bummer boys like you” 

Other:

Barbie (2023): “She’s everything. He’s just Ken.”

Roboslurs are derogatory terms for robots and AI systems. These include but are not limited to clanker, toaster, tinskin, bucket of bolts, cogface, metalhead and so forth. 

In this debate, roboslurs refer to this type of language in public discourse.

The Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention (ILO C169) is a major international convention concerning Indigenous and tribal peoples, and it is binding to those states that have ratified it. The convention seeks to protect rights, ensure participation, recognize ownership, respect cultural identity, promote self-development, and facilitate cross-border cooperation of Indigenous and tribal peoples. It is currently ratified by 24 states. 

Examples of policies implemented to fulfill the duties arising from the convention include: ensuring Indigenous participation in mining and forestry decisions, transfer of land ownership, mandating consultation before enacting projects and legislation affecting tribal people.