Notes

Speech 2: Prisha
- Gender Roles: Women are just as important to society as men
- One gender identity can take on the opposite or even both gender roles
- Political institutions can provide more resources and rights to reduce the imbalance
- Do you think women who choose the traditional stay-at-home role actually choose that or are just influenced from birth to do so?

Speech 3: LeAnn
- Blackmail
- The information acquired is the key to blackmail.
- The power dynamic is based on what the holder can hold over another person.
- The idea of blackmail is a paradox that is coherent and a familiar phenomenon that has happened to everyone.
- If the dirt holder went up with a higher power would he/she need a higher degree of proof?

Speech 4: Marina
- Online Media Censorship
- Power dynamic of the government vs people regarding online media
- Taking away the internet takes away our freedom to organize and communicate
- Material that is not harmful to others should be available to all

Speech 6: Mikela
- Gun Violence in the US
- First amendment is taken out of context

Speech 7: Thomas
- How Roman Catholicism expressed power over the general public during the Middle Ages
- The Catholic Church had power over the common public in Europe
- The church banned people from reading the Bible to keep control over them

Day 2
Speech 3: Michael
- Everyday Americans are Losing Power over Politicians
- Trust in politicians has been declining since the 60s, they believe the system is corrupt and are losing faith in it
- Bipartisan system reduces the power of the individual as they must conform to either one of the parties and the values they carry.

Speech 4: Oscar
- Electric Cars
- You said that the car batteries used in electrical vehicles aren't built to be efficient, what could companies do to make sure that these batteries are efficient?
- Cars run on unclean energy, we can get clean in future
- Batteries are not as advanced as rest of the car; new alternative needed
- Car sparked an interest in clean energy over gas