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Why vocal fry is judged differently in women and men

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Vocal fry involves dropping your voice into a raspy, low register. Listeners bizarrely judge women who do this as completely incompetent, while assuming men who do the exact same thing are incredibly wise and authoritative.

Why vocal fry is judged differently in women and men
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