In the professional world vocal fry in women sounds to be an issue. That’s the thing, the professional world. In the article “From Upspeak to Vocal Fry: Are We “Policing” Young Women's Voices” the victim of the growing modern age seems to be having issues with her vocal fry, She also happens to work for news radio, which probably has an older target audience who ends up becoming the judges of her voice. Although my experience in retail, ALDO & Plato’s Closet, might be relevant. Since retail requires such “youthful” sense of enthusiasm in order to sell product, I’ve noticed something in the workplace, a repeating habit. The associates often used upspeak when interacting with customers. Although the Supervisors (Sales Lead) if not often, then
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Eckert’s view should be the way to approach vocal fry. With no judgement, more so judgement should be towards what the speaker has to say. Needless to say,women have been more pestered because of their speaking voice, yet men are also prevalent users of the vocal fry. In Business Insider’s “A speech pathologist says men use upspeak and vocal fry, too - and it can make them look less confident at work” claims men are in denial of their use of upspeak and vocal fry. The claim of denial might be more than factual. In the film “Do I Sound Gay” David Thorpe tries to hide his usual speaking voice in attempts to make it sound more masculine and less “gay”. One of the main uses in his speech is the avid use of vocal fry and upspeak. Like Business Insider claims were not sexist or even homophobic, but the cultural stereotypes. And in the film it points out the stereotypes of sounding “gay”. The elongated sounds of the “S” sound and the upspeak and vocal fry. In the end of the film Thorpe ends up coming to terms with his speaking voice and learns techniques in how to empower his voice. And just like Dr. Eckert’s view there should be no judgement. The way you speak shouldn’t affect one’s professional image more as what comes out of their tongue matters
Eckert’s view should be the way to approach vocal fry. With no judgement, more so judgement should be towards what the speaker has to say. Needless to say,women have been more pestered because of their speaking voice, yet men are also prevalent users of the vocal fry. In Business Insider’s “A speech pathologist says men use upspeak and vocal fry, too - and it can make them look less confident at work” claims men are in denial of their use of upspeak and vocal fry. The claim of denial might be more than factual. In the film “Do I Sound Gay” David Thorpe tries to hide his usual speaking voice in attempts to make it sound more masculine and less “gay”. One of the main uses in his speech is the avid use of vocal fry and upspeak. Like Business Insider claims were not sexist or even homophobic, but the cultural stereotypes. And in the film it points out the stereotypes of sounding “gay”. The elongated sounds of the “S” sound and the upspeak and vocal fry. In the end of the film Thorpe ends up coming to terms with his speaking voice and learns techniques in how to empower his voice. And just like Dr. Eckert’s view there should be no judgement. The way you speak shouldn’t affect one’s professional image more as what comes out of their tongue matters