I think that's because vocal fry is usually seen as somewhat "out of place" in a female speaking voice. Few, if any, complain about male vocal fry because male

I think that's because vocal fry is usually seen as somewhat "out of place" in a female speaking voice. Few, if any, complain about male vocal fry because male voices are expected to be low and gravelly. Preference against female vocal fry is just an nth-order effect from basic biology, and bias against females who use vocal fry is just an (n+1)th-order effect. A bias like that is often not a useful decision-making heuristic and should be checked accordingly. Maybe I'm misinterpreting your comments but it sounds like you share some of the outraged tone I read from the article you linked above, and I'm really confused as to why. It's just a thing some people do with their voices (sometimes but not always consciously) and some people do or don't like (sometimes but not always consciously). Are you saying people shouldn't care about vocal fry at all? I also don't understand your hesitance to acknowledge the phenomenon of vocal fry. I'm not sure if these are entirely credible sources but here are some links that I found informative: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsqW8jdlaSk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsqW8jdlaSk "How Does Vocal Fry Work?" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_fry_register https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_fry_register