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Bias against women's voices

Bias against women's voices10 sep29 min

Jane Setter talks to Michael Rosen about negative attitudes to vocal traits seen as exclusively female, from vocal fry to higher pitch. Can men really not talk in a sexy voice? And why did Margaret Thatcher change hers?

Produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Sally Heaven, in partnership with the Open University