Instigator / Pro
4
1502
rating
40
debates
36.25%
won
Topic
#2953

Parents Should Prohibit Their Sons From Wearing Skirts to Kindergarten

Status
Finished

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

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
0
6
Better sources
2
4
Better legibility
2
2
Better conduct
0
2

After 2 votes and with 10 points ahead, the winner is...

RationalMadman
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
3
Time for argument
Two days
Max argument characters
3,000
Voting period
One month
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
14
1697
rating
556
debates
68.17%
won
Description

Pro had won this debate, so I was curious if anyone could beat pro's arguments.

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:

Pro makes a case for preventing bullying. Con adaptly steals this by saying it would be better if the schools enforced that, as opposed to the parent sets individually opting in or not. Pro tries to defend that parents could reinforce it, but this misses the thrust of the K that all stated benefits would be better attained if the schools did it (it honestly could have been a good defense if built out a little, such as parents prohibiting their children from violating kindergarten dress codes in general).

Con explores different angles with this, such as "Why are skirts even a 'thing' if they're a sore spot for feminine boys and masculine girls?"

Sources lean con, but they did not appear to be built into the case (with how little effort pro put in, I'm admittedly skimming).

Conduct for forfeiture. While some might find con's closing to be bad conduct, even were that true, being egotistical isn't a comparable magnitude of infraction.

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:

Point Breakdown:

Convincing Argument - The arguments of Pro were quite strong to begin with, but Con effectively showed the entire argument and debate itself to be critically flawed. Con's arguments were much more convincing throughout. Points go to Con.

Reliable sources - Con had sources, Pro didn't. Pretty simple one - points to Con!

Spelling and Grammar - Although Con's argument was laid out much better, not enough to separate them. Tie.

Conduct - Pro forfeited the last round. Points to Con