Comment by nonsince
6 years ago
The number of people saying that this voice sounds absolutely female is just an extension of the tendency to imagine anything even slightly deviating from the most stereotypically masculine as feminine by default. The one comment that I saw comparing this to a masculine voice was comparing it to a "gay flight attendant" that they had on a flight recently - and there, again, is the tendency to assume someone's gay just because they deviate slightly from the stereotypically masculine. The voice sounds genderless to me.
Or maybe because it kinda does sound like a gay flight attendant.
Sometimes a pipe is just a pipe.
It’s disappointing to see you pull out such an easy, cheap, and tired stereotype.
So there are no gay flight attendants? There isn't an overrepresentation of gay people within flight service?
I didn't say all flight attendants are gay – this is obviously not the case. But some are, and I've met quite a few of them. And if I try to average out their voice and mannerisms in my mind, it leads me to a sonic place that's close to this voice.
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