Females are better people than males.

Thank you Con, I believe there has been a bit of a misunderstanding as to what this debate is about. Con says that were speaking about these genders in general, this is not what I’m arguing for, far from it. I am arguing that females possess better traits in regard to their personhoods, hence the resolution “Better People”. I win the debate so long as I can prove females are comparably better in their personhoods. The Ox Ford dictionary defines personhood as -“the quality or condition of being an individual person.” Personhood doesn’t entail a specific gender. That’s why I tried to explain in R1&2 that “personhood” should be judged on qualities of behavior and ability to live together as other persons. Being strong or intelligent also do not entail any specific gender. Personhood is a trait like being strong or intelligent are. One trait does not refute the other. I would agree that males are better at being strong, or maybe more intelligent. But this debate here is about personhood. I would agree that strength and intelligence play a part in one’s personhood, but if they serve a detriment to one’s personhood, the facts then begin to reflect the reality. This is indeed the case, as it is very evident in my R2 where I demonstrate the staggering incarceration rates for men, as well with the suicide rates. These are not the results of people with good behaviors, as I defined. These things happened because males by their very nature tend to be more aggressive, less empathetic, more depressed, and less honest. Most of my sources from R2 back this claim. I tried using the idea of what a world would be like without one gender or the other and then ask, which would be more peaceful? In order to demonstrate the differences between each genders personhood. Now, on to rebuttals. -Incarceration Rates- Con acknowledges that males are usually more physical, and more likely to “fight for what they want”. As a result, he states that this is why he believes that males tend to be the ones who end up in prison. This is exactly the case! Society put them in prison for a reason, because people don’t need this primitive instinct to fight, this, aggression. We are civilized and communicate through language, and get what we want through commerce. This is why I quoted Stephen Hawkings quote about aggression being unnecassary. I made a line between males and incarceration rates because they’re a direct result of this instinct to fight. The instinct to fight entails two of the four bad behaviors I have defined (aggression and apathy). Females possess less of both these traits which is why so few are in prison. This is what my sources suggest. -Empathy- My goal is to prove that females possess more empathy than men. Not prove they have none. Con explains that females hide their emotions more than males. This assertion is unsubstantiated. I, however believe that it is men who hide their emotions more, to quote from my source “[…] Men, for example, are especially likely to avoid divulging wounded feelings for fear that doing so will compromise their felt sense of masculinity”[1]. This is a problem. This is dishonesty. If we lie to each other, we cannot understand one another. If we cannot understand one another we can’t empathize with each other. When we stop caring about people, we end up treating them more poorly. Since females are less masculine, they are less likely to deal with these problems. That isn’t to say they don’t hide their emotions, but the data suggests that males bear the greater burden in this case. -Suicide- Con states that suicide is “slightly irrelevant” since were debating genders here. This is far from the truth. This entire debate is about which gender possess a better “personhood”. People who can’t cope with depression/reality and kill themselves, are not “better people”. Since suicide rates offer a direct comparison between the two genders, we can assume the gender with less suicides is either 1. Less depressed, or 2. Better able to cope with reality. Both of these two characteristics are a part of what makes up a better community. He goes on to quote from a source that says “. A female attempt is often closer to a cry for help, hoping for a response," Newsweek reporter said. "When (the male) makes a suicide attempt, he doesn"t want anyone to hear it, he wants to succeed” This is excellent. The females tend to cry out and try to get attention so someone can understand them. The fact that they don’t follow through is a great thing. Men wanting to succeed is bad. Conclusion:I believe I have sufficiently demostrated that females tend to possess better personhoods. Making them comparitively better people than males. The resolution is affirmed. [1] https://www.psychologytoday.com...