42: The history of why some say women sound shrill, immature

Professor Tom McEnaney, who teaches a class called “Sounding American,” says the U.S. has a long history of men criticizing the way women speak. Sound technologies, starting with the gramophone and phonograph, he says, were developed for men's voices — and distort women’s.Read the story on UC Berkeley News: https://news.berkeley.edu/2018/10/09/podcast-sounding-american-gender-and-politics/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.