Round 9: Tossup 12

In works like The [these people]-Not, Tommy J. Curry controversially argues that intersectionality does not apply to a specific group of these people. The GRCS scale evaluates attitudes of these people. Philip Zimbardo argued that these people currently suffer from technology-induced “arousal addiction.” (15[1])A 2022 book on these people argues for revalorizing “positive risk-taking” (-5[1])and for generally applying the athletic practice of “red-shirting” to these people. That book is by Richard (*) Reeves. These people are the subject of bell hooks’ We Real Cool. (-5[1])Simon Baron-Cohen argues (-5[1])that autism comes from an “extreme brain” named for these people, who are more likely to “self-medicate” and to use firearms in suicide attempts. For 10 points, (10[1])what people are said to be undergoing a namesake “loneliness epidemic?” (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: men [or boys; or males; or masculine people; accept more specific examples like Black men] (“GRCS” stands for “Gender Role Conflict Scale”)
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2026 NAFTA at Stanford01/17/20264100%100%0%54.25
2026 NAFTA at UBC01/17/20262100%0%50%104.00
2025 NAFTA Online02/14/20264100%0%50%106.00
2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt02/14/20263100%33%33%86.33
2025 NAFTA at Toronto09/13/20255100%20%60%105.00
2025 NAFTA at Maryland09/27/20255100%0%60%104.20
2025 NAFTA at Harvard10/04/20253100%0%67%107.00
2025 NAFTA at Oxford10/11/20253100%33%33%60.00
2025 NAFTA at Chicago11/08/20256100%33%67%94.00
2025 NAFTA at Columbia11/08/20255100%20%20%79.80
2025 NAFTA at Richmond12/20/20252100%0%100%98.50