The Feminist Movement has achieved all its goals, and is no longer needed, in the Western World.

1. Wage Gap I know that there is a law demanding equal pay because that is basic knowledge. It's not about the laws it's about whether those laws are doing anything. The wage gap is huge as I have previously demonstrated. Women are clearly being discriminated against. People conducting interviews for jobs are usually people who are good at talking and are very persuasive. Meaning that they could choose a man over a women and persuade the women that the man was better. Look at this shocking news article about how Microsoft were recently sued for gender discrimination. Do you really think that feminism has met all of its objectives when companies as big as Microsoft have been found to be sexist. If it took this long to find this secret hidden within Microsoft how long would it take for us to discover sexism without small companies. https://www.google.co.uk... 2. All of those countries Yes, I know that 'In the Western World' was part of the resolution although the 'Western World' was an undefined term and as a result I was left to interpret the definition of this word in my own way. Until a definition is provided by my opponnet (and accepted by me) then I am forced to interpret this term myself. == R2 Rebuttals == Political Rights: We are not arguing whether women officially have rights or not. We are arguing about whether women are receiving those rights. I wouldn't be debating this topic if I thought that women didn't officially have these rights because if they didn't then none of the objectives of feminism would have been achieved. Personal Rights: My opponent's argument is false. Rape is legal in some Middle Eastern and Asian countries view this source for examples: http://mic.com... Wage Gap My opponent admits that the wage gap exists. My opponent has provided a sexist argument that doesn't acutally make any sense. He states: "Women study and thus work in fields that simply don't pay as much." This doesn't make sense. He claims that women study which is true and goes on to claim that because women study it means that they don't get paid as much and work in less paid fields. My opponnet then provides this quote that backs up my argument that sexism still occurs and feminism still has a role in modern society ""Men are more likely to be lawyers, doctors and business executives, while women are more likely to be teachers, nurses and office clerks. This gender occupational segregation might be a primary factor behind the [gender] wage gap."" Men shouldn't be any more likely than women to be doctors, lawyers or business executives - that is a typical stereotype that is true at the moment, and this cannot be disputed by my opponent since they were the ones that said it! My opponent claims that women simply aren't as interested in them as much as men are however with no sources there is no evidence to suggest that women like or dislike the subject. The only evidence that we have is the evidence provided by my opponent which is that men are more likely to become lawyers, businessmen and doctors. Again, women taking off time to look after their children is another stereotype that needs to be abolished. The governement in the UK used to make children read books called : Peter and Jane for primary school (around 20 years ago) and then they disallowed the books to be published and used in school because the Mother and the daughter always stayed home to do the cooking whilst the Dad and the Son went out fishing together. This is a stereotype that needs fixing. Male Privilege My opponent has provided a lot of statistics without sources to prove their credibility. We do not know where they came from. If they came from a reliable source. If they are made up. I will argue against them anyway, just in case they are true. I was not saying that it is so bad for women that they kill themselves (in the USA and UK), I am talking about arguments about payment and work discrimination. Even though this is gender inequality - you do not see women killing themselves because they didn't get the job. They usually try and sue which is what is happening more frequently at the moment since it is their right. However, the objective of feminism is so that women are equal to men. Women should not have to sue their work for being sexist. The thought of chosing a man over a woman because women are inferior shouldn't even cross their works mind. That is the objective of feminism and I have proven that feminism has not met its goals. Things to Consider My opponnet has provided many specific arguments - including statistics: -80% of suicide victims are male-93% of workplace fatalities are male-76% of homicide victims are male All of these were not backed up by a source(s). Therefore the credibility of my opponents argument is questionable. I hope that voters will consider this when voting on the sources and arguments criteria for this debate.Sourceshttp://mic.com...http://sites.psu.edu...https://en.wikipedia.org...http://www.theguardian.com...