> Similarly, to the extent that rising terminal pitch is a feminine-gender-coded norm for declarative sentences, decribing the problem as rising terminal pitch

> Similarly, to the extent that rising terminal pitch is a feminine-gender-coded norm for declarative sentences, decribing the problem as rising terminal pitch is itself not sexist, describing it in terms of masculine-coded norms of expression is arguably sexist, and independt of how the deviation from expectation is expressed, an expectation of conforming to masculine-coded expression norms itself may be sexist. The dilemma here is that authoritativeness is considered a masculine trait in our shared cultural ontology, even (at least traditionally) in feminist philosophy. Arguably this may be more true today than in prior generations, given the trend among more developed nations for gender roles to sometimes bifurcate even more strongly than before along some dimensions, an unexpected consequence of women being more free to shape feminine gender identity. (It's often a group dynamic, not necessarily something individuals are doing deliberately.)