Men use “vocal fry” more than women, counter to stereotype

But what if that popular gender-based stereotype is wrong? Jeanne Brown, a graduate student at McGill University, has found ...
Inverse

How Often Teens Use "Vocal Fry" May Be a Sign of Emotional Distress

Have you noticed that your teenager’s voice sounds unnaturally low and gravelly, like a door on rusty hinges or a quacking duck? Does it annoy you? You’ve probably detected vocal fry, or what ...
The Atlantic

Creaky Voice: Yet Another Example of Young Women's Linguistic Ingenuity

When I taught linguistics to undergraduates, I would start each semester off by asking students what sort of assumptions they would they make about a speaker who said, "I ain't got no money." The ...
New Scientist on MSN

Vocal fry is more common in men, actually, find scientists

The creaky noise known as vocal fry that people generally associate with young women – and some find irritating – is actually ...