Anecdotally I have heard this exact same thing from Western Canadians, almost exclusively women or gay men, to the point where I just consider it the default fe

Anecdotally I have heard this exact same thing from Western Canadians, almost exclusively women or gay men, to the point where I just consider it the default feminine accent of the region. I have described it to them (friends from the area) directly as "it sounds like you're setting up for the next sentence and never go there. It makes me think '... and?'" While I wouldn't quite call it sexist to point out, it definitely manifests more as a feminine accent in my experience.