Comment by rhizome

8 years ago

Funny, lowering the pitch of your voice is a tropey power move that gets zero criticism when practiced by men.

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ghostbrainalpha  8 years ago

Any "tropey power move" should be criticized.

Didn't you just criticize it by the category? When I was raising capital I definitely heard VC's making fun of men who spoke in a false voice, practiced their handshake, or artificially held eye contact way too long.

I'm fine if you want to say my criticism of Holmes is influenced by sexism.

But to make the statement that men speaking in a stupid fake voice get zero criticism... is hyperbole to point ridiculousness.

  • rhizome  8 years ago

    To be sure it can be overdone, but that doesn't detract from its utility and popularity.

  • jrs95  8 years ago

    This knee jerk reaction is part of why she was able to get away with it for so long.

icelancer  8 years ago

>> gets zero criticism when practiced by men

This was literally made fun of in a meeting two days ago for a vendor I work with.