Comedy debate special
Monday May 24, 2010
Motion: This House believes women are superior to men
Result: Motion carried 67% - 33%
A raucous, often hilarious argument over the relative merits of men and women, ranging from beards to shopping to mothers-in-law, brought the sixth series of Doha Debates to a unique crescendo and left many in the audience weak from laughter.
The season finale, debating the motion that "women are superior to men" marked a sharp departure from the forum's normal political diet - with both teams competing to be more outrageous than the other.
The audience also rose to the occasion, asking why it was that behind every successful man was a surprised woman and why, when the doctors' waiting rooms were full of women, the mortuaries were full of men.
Whatever the reasons, the female sex won the night convincingly with the motion passing by a huge margin of 67 to 33 percent.
Speaking in favour was Maysoon Zayid, a Palestinian-American actress and stand-up comedian, whose skills were honed in the tough clubs of New York.
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The Doha Debates will be back for a new series in October 2010.
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The Doha Debates are also broadcast in North American on PBS Channel 13 New York, MHz networks and The Real News Network, on Geo News in Pakistan and TVBiH in Bosnia.
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