BURLINGTON, Vt. — The first rule of a North American debate tournament to be held in Vermont this weekend: No men allowed. “There is also a lot of sexual predation that happens in the debate community,” said UVM debate director Helen Morgan-Parmett. Georgetown debate director Mikaela Malsin whose team lost in the finals this year and coached one of the women said she hadn’t heard of the women’s debate tournament. Disproportionately, male debaters did better,” she saidThe first women’s debate championship in the United States was held at UVM in 2015. “I think there is just no bad publicity,” said UVM debate coach Stela Braje, “especially if you’re trying to make a point.”

Source: National Post March 30, 2018 04:03 UTC