Instigator / Pro
7
1644
rating
64
debates
65.63%
won
Topic
#2800

On Balance, Single-sex Schooling should be Discouraged in the US

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
3
0
Better sources
2
0
Better legibility
1
0
Better conduct
1
1

After 1 vote and with 6 points ahead, the winner is...

Undefeatable
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
4
Time for argument
Two days
Max argument characters
10,000
Voting period
One month
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
1
1491
rating
1
debates
0.0%
won
Description

Single sex: designated for, pertaining to, or serving only males or only females.

No transgender arguments allowed. This considers biological sex and not gender.

Burden of proof is shared.

Pro will argue that we should not support the idea of single sex education in the US, as the detriments outweigh the positives. Con argues that we SHOULD support single sex education because positives outweigh negatives.

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

Not too much to say here. Pro's side of the debate includes a referenced argument that largely functions as pre-rebuttal for the potential educational benefits of same sex schools and a referenced point about the social benefits of co-education. Con's responses introduce a number of potential problems, but he provides no evidence to support their actuality, which means they exist largely as theory. In fact, of the 7 points Con iterates in his final round, the first 5 all have impacts that are directly contradicted by Pro's R1 argument, and the remaining two, while suggesting important benefits to security and well-being that go beyond education, lack the support to be meaningfully compared (either by degree of impact or by likelihood of occurrence) with Pro's arguments.

Sources go to Pro because he's the only one who provided them. No matter how Con tries to construe those sources by arguing that everything is individualized, he never provides a meaningful rebuttal to Pro's sources, which makes his responses only vague allusions to possible problems.

S&G also goes to Pro. I rarely award this point, but I had to read back through sentences many times in each round to understand what Con meant. It's worth doing some proofreading after you write this up, otherwise you can confuse your voters.