Argument #1 for the Affirmative

Resolved: Empowering women is the best way to help the global economy recover from our current economic crisis.

This is the affirmative argument in our upcoming debate. There are many reasons to believe that this is true. In comments to this post, please write out supporting points in the ARE format (Argument, Reasoning, Evidence).

Example:

Argument:
Women Should Be Empowered because Men Created this Crisis.

Reasoning:
You would not put a criminal in charge of a jail; you do not ask the coach of the last place team to coach in the Super Bowl; you don't ask students with F's to teach the class. Why, then, would we ask men, who created our current economic crisis, to solve the problem?

Evidence:
Men are in charge of the vast majority of countries. Men are in charge of the vast majority of major corporations. Men are in charge in the majority of households. Our governments, our corporations, and our household decisions over the past few decades led us into our current economic crisis. Why should we trust men to get us out of the problem, when they are the leaders who got us into the problem in the first place?

Consider the other arguments we discussed in class, and attempt to write your own ARE for several of them.

Please Read This Link

http://www.cfr.org/publication/20828/women_as_change_agents_in_the_recovery_from_the_global_financial_crisis.html?breadcrumb=%2Fbios%2F15754%2Fcokie_roberts

Please read this link. As a comment on this post, post any facts you find that will be helpful in our debate. If in doubt, post it, and we can rule it out later.

16. Who earns more money, men or women?

15. What is society's view of women working?

14. What percent of women are the primary caregivers for their children? Men? Equal?

13. What percent of women end their education early because of family responsibilities/children? What percent of men?

12. How many males have high-profile jobs because they are "legacies"?

11. What percent of company executives are men? What percent are women?

10. What is the total number of hours worked by the average women (including domestic work)? What about men?

9. What percent of people studying for advanced degrees are men? What percent are women?

8. What percent of college students today are men and what percent are women?

7. What is the graduation rate for men vs. women TODAY?

6. What is the average education level of U.S. men?

5. What is the average education level of U.S. women?

4. What percent of women choose not to work so they can stay home with family?

3. What percent of men choose not to work so they can stay home with family?

2. What percent of women are employed?

Research Questions - Women and Men in Society

1. What percent of men are employed?