It is likely that men don’t like women’s voices because deep down there’s the feeling women shouldn’t be talking to begin with. And as deputy prime minister, second-in-command to a man, Gillard’s voice was less irritating than when she was raised to the top job. Because the problem was not her voice. It was her position. And it’s much easier to say we don’t like a particular voice than acknowledging we don’t like the fact that a woman is talking.
