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This is one of those rare examples of explicit (vs casual) sexism. I absolutely can't imagine thinking "I need to make a label that says.."https://twitter.com/starsandrobots/status/888194707578273794 …
pic.twitter.com/OQEv2yroKKNot only is this literally not true, the creator needed to highlight vocal fry (vs "please reduce conversation en route" eg)
It didn't quite register at first I thought ("why would you be so annoyed about vocal fry?") before I recognized this is just about gender
If you're wondering what I'm talking about for a while "feminine vocal fry use" was a whole thing: http://theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/24/vocal-fry-strong-female-voice …
TBC I don't agree with Naomi Wolf and prefer this response as a view, anyway this clearly struck "Discourse" levels:http://www.npr.org/2015/07/23/425608745/from-upspeak-to-vocal-fry-are-we-policing-young-womens-voices …
I don't know, I hear a lot of vocal fry from men! Maybe because, as a coder, I hang out with more young men than young women.
Yeah so interpret this label as being someone who just doesn't want to hear women speak and IMO doesn't recognize that fry is very specific
Gotcha. I'd noticed it in coworkers, and associated it with age more than gender. My young daughters (8 and 6) haven't picked it up yet.
Also, this is Melbourne, Australia, not the US. I'll keep an ear out, though.
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