和女孩谈话

和女孩谈话之前高中学生辩论不寻常的项目由波士顿的牛顿南部高中。越老,经验丰富的大学辩手教练年轻新手会员。方法建立了长期团队精神和灌输给所有成员对彼此责任将团队的支持文化发展老成员毕业和离开团队的年轻学生。在这样的背景下,这部电影关注的偏见女辩手的脸,因为他们在传统上由男性主导的领域竞争。辩手的评论,她一直教听话,听着,尊重,永远不要说“我不同意。”She has learned much from an activity that requires logical disagreement, formulating arguments, and questioning everything, on the spot and under pressure, in front of judges. Although 40% of high school debaters are female, 0% of the females are ranked nationally. As one male debater points out, this is not because female debaters aren't as good. The implication is that judges' intrinsic bias plays a huge role. Judges seem to look down on higher voices and shorter stature. Judges also comment on the length of girls' skirts, their shoes, and their makeup. Adept female debaters are sometimes deemed too aggressive by judges, who, it's implied, would not call out boys for the same problem. The Newton debaters coach girls on the team to seem assertive without seeming aggressive because debates are often judged based on "perceived dominance" rather than actual dominance.