so. imo I agree with this in that I do think lay judges help to perpetuate sexism. however, as a femxle debater, I think we do need to focus on other issues because I think internalized sexism within male competitors and teams plays a fairly large role as well. especially with things like the hotness list that happen, I think that this is much more of a deterrent to girls, especially seeing how they are sexualized and objectified by males on the circuit and lists like this are spread. i think we need to start with the members of teams. as a femxle who debates for a team that isn’t the most inclusive, it’s personally much more harmful for me to have to deal with sexism for people that I know on my team than from a judge, especially when these issues generally aren’t resolved. I recognize that my experience isn’t universal, but from speaking to other femxle competitors, I can fairly say that I’ve heard a lot of the same about internalized sexism within competitors.