Rather, once you've randomly decided that that's a horrible thing. Men (and women) have spoken with vocal fry for the past several millennia, but I don't recal

Rather, once you've randomly decided that that's a horrible thing. Men (and women) have spoken with vocal fry for the past several millennia, but I don't recall reading of anyone being annoyed by it until recently when everybody decided that millennial women speaking like that on the radio was anathema.