Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "For as long as I've been a content creator, people have been commenting on my voice, and it's always men," Kate, a Pennsylvania ...

From Valley Girls to the Kardashians, young women have long been mocked for the way they talk. Whether it be uptalk (pronouncing statements as if they were questions? Like this?), creating slang words ...

From Valley Girls to the Kardashians, young women have long been mocked for the way they talk. Whether it be uptalk (pronouncing statements as if they were questions? Like this?), creating slang words ...

This is a simple declarative sentence but I'm ending it with a question mark? My aim is to remind all of us who don't live in Southern California what the intonation there may sound like to us? And it ...

Confidence is important when you’re trying to build credibility. If you don’t sound confident, it’s easy for people to dismiss or be skeptical of what you’re saying, however valid it may be. One vocal ...

I’ll take “Gender and Speech” for $200, Alex. He didn’t provide an answer in question format, but William & Mary’s Thomas Linneman nonetheless addressed this topic in a recent study titled “Gender in ...

Sometimes people’s statements end like questions? It’s a habit called uptalk? You might find it annoying? If so, you’re not alone. Thomas Linneman, a sociologist at William & Mary, was so irritated by ...

I've done everything I can to stop it. Whatever modest sphere of influence I have, I've used. Teaching large undergraduate classes, writing newspaper articles, giving interviews—all to no avail. I'm ...