generations. is our first live debate format. Gen Z and Millennial men with Gen X, sat across from each other (5v5) and respond to the same propositions from completely different lived realities.
every round grounded in Indian data. every response is unscripted. the audience voted before and after each round, so we could measure and see if what's said in the room actually changes where people stood.
meet the debaters
the debate was also a way for us to collect insights and data to understand male relationship with vulnerability.
snippet from our report:
a key implication of the findings is that fight club India's dialogue model appears to create the conditions for perspective shift without relying on persuasion in the conventional sense.
the debate format did not appear to push participants towards a single "correct" view. Instead, it allowed them to sit with contradiction: that therapy-speak can both enable and limit emotional awareness; that the manosphere may be harmful but also emotionally persuasive to isolated men; that men today may not be uniquely lonely, but may be more able to name loneliness.
watch the full debate
Shehjaar Kaul
pilot report on generations.
"Overall, this pilot suggests that Fight Club India's structured debate model has strong potential as both an intervention format and a research tool. The model offers a valuable way to study men's mental health as a social and relational issue, rather than only as an individual psychological concern."
- Shehjaar Kaul
the support we got
generations. bangalore wouldn't have been the room it was without the people who showed up for it off the stage too.
DRIX and Local Ferment Co kept the room going with drinks that didn't need alcohol to feel like a good time. Bunco brought the cookies. KRIED brought the burgers.
Good conversation needs a good room, hence the Damn Good Studios. Thank you for helping us build this one.
Damn Good Studios
KRIED
DRIX & Local Ferment Co
BUNCO
