"Vocal fry" is a term some people made up to sound fancy. Actual linguists call it what it is: creaky voice. And they don't denigrate it. Men do it just as much

"Vocal fry" is a term some people made up to sound fancy. Actual linguists call it what it is: creaky voice. And they don't denigrate it. Men do it just as much as women, and there is (of course) no correlation with intelligence. It is a very lazy stereotype, and (of course) completely wrong, to associate "vocal fry" with "bimbos".