- Judge, ready? Great. Let's begin. Starting now. - This concedes our third- - Tina: Step into the world of competitive debate. - Debate is perception, especially public forum, where even though you have two confident debaters, you put them side by side and that's really where a power dynamic is formed in the minds of a judge. - In a soccer game, if you score two goals, you won. Whereas in debate, it's very, very subjective. - Tina: But victory does not always go to the best debater. - $700 million dollars is quite a bit of- - Look, can you just let us finish? We've been going in circles. - The judge told me like, "your voice is too feminine for debate". At that point, I was like, how can I control my voice? Like, I literally was born with it. - Stand up tall, no slouching. Glue your feet to the ground, pretend there is sticky glue. Lower your voice at the end of your sentences. Don't trail off. - Don't interrupt boys. They gave you all these tips and tricks, right? Which is BS. You know, the problem is not us. The problem is the judges. - The judges just gonna vote for who looks like a winner. Looking like a winner oftentimes isn't very feminine - Tina: In this high school, the girls on debate team have a new strategy. Will it work? - It comes from us, right? We coach each other. - We all see ourselves as maybe the ones who can change things. (orchestral music) - Girl Talk on Local, USA. Watch on World Channel and in the PBS app. (intense pop music)