Men Have It Worse Than Women In Modern America.

R1: Finance, health My opponent starts his rebuttal claiming that the gender wage gap, when controlled for factors such as education, experience, and mortality, have lower wages. Here is the issue, because regardless of having the wage gap linked to anything, the fact that women are typically paid less in modern america still has my impacts, regardless of whether it is the fault of women or genetics. Also, your argument about older men not being counted in the survey of the impoverished needs substantial evidence showing that older men are undercounted. By just stating that since their life expectancy is lower, so will be there representation, you don’t convince me or the judges. In fact, one of my statistics from the Associated Press and NORC has already shown that women are more likely to be impoverished than men after 65: “The National Institute on Retirement Security, a nonprofit research center, reports that women are 80 percent more likely than men to be impoverished at age 65 and older. Women age 75 to 79 are three times more likely.” (1) Thus, the geriatric community is more densely populated for women, not men. Finally, my opponent talks of women deserving less coverage due to them not being killed off as much as men through cancer or heart disease. This does not take into account, for example, therapy since women have higher rates of mental health problems and rape that affect women disproportionately as shown through both the National Sexual Violence Research Center and NCBI report regarding the “gender paradox” in suicide (2) (3). Regardless, the fact that my opponent conceded both of my impacts, one regarding finances, the other regarding health, that should tell you who won this argument. R2: Sexual Violence First, the fact that people can be tried for rape against males already puts a hole in your argument regarding men not being prosecuted for rape. Then, he claims that his statistic from Canada occurs on both borders. This is a bare assertion with no evidence. Canada has radically different social problems than the US as well as less people and urbanization. Don’t by this argument. Also, he talks of domestic violence, not rape like I brought up in my contention. But even if you disregard this, the point of this debate is for my opponent to prove that men have it worse than women, not equal problems. In actuality, the amount of documented abuses are rising, especially on college campuses with White House task forces and media campaigns as shown by The Washington Post in July of 2014 (4). Regardless of how you feel about how rapists are treated, it is fair under the law to treat any criminal, regardless of their crime, as needing to regain trust with the community and be scrutinized, regardless of how it affects the criminal. Protecting people who may or may not be innocent affects all people, not just based on gender. First, the evidence used to prove that men are not likely to win false accusation cases stems from two incidents regarding a letter from the Department of Education affecting colleges and Rape shield law. These laws may have been problematic, but it does not show exactly how men are likely to be accused falsely of rape specifically. In fact, The Guardian shows that public defenders which assist those who can’t afford professional lawyers are underfunded, disappearing, and inexperienced leading to subpar lawyers for everyone, not specifically men. Also, I provided a statistic about the rate at which women are raped compared to men, so I don’t see how your point about men not being shown in rape statistics stands. Also, I have shown that all rape is underreported and stifled, with only 6/1,000 cases ever being brought to court, so the problem of lack of care about rape is mutual to both parties, going against the topic in which my opponent has to prove that men have it worse. D1: Suicide The fact of the matter is that the modern world is what matters most. Yes, men tend to kill themselves more, but weigh this against women having more attempted suicides and psychological issues as well. The fact that this is not a new trend goes against the fabric of the resolution that talks of modern America. Also, it goes against my resolution that spoke of modern America, while my opponent has offered no alternative. D2: Impact My opponent has still not proved to me this: “I believe if nothing is done in order to somehow improve the situation of men then as other groups actively increase the rights of the populations they represent, the comparative decline of men will have disastrous results.” Just because men typically die faster is not evidence showing that equality for women during the civil rights movement, or any attempt at equality will hurt men. Again, problems like men dying quicker has been around for a while. 1. (http://tinyurl.com...) 2. (http://tinyurl.com...) 3. (http://tinyurl.com...) 4. (http://tinyurl.com...) 5. (http://tinyurl.com...)