Shrill and Hysterical

[orleans]

it just pisses me off when people (especially men) use that term to describe women

i think it is a sexist/chauvinistic term and i never hear people (especially men) use it to describe other men

it automatically discounts whatever the woman is saying, making it all seem trite and unimportant

shrill is a high pitch

when a woman is using a low pitch tone in her voice how does anyone get off describing her as shrill?

when a woman is angry is she automatically hysterical?

ok--i admit--i'm referring to comments made about hillary when she was talking about barack. but i listened/watched this video and i heard her speaking loudly but not yelling or hysterically, i heard anger in her voice, not hysteria, i heard a lower pitch, deadly serious tone and not a high pitch shrill tone.

it drives me crazy when people use that phrase when describing a woman they don't like rather than someone who is truly being shrill or hysterical

[raccoon]

1. "Shrill and hysterical" is a way of discounting women.

Anger give people power. That's why woman aren't "supposed" to get angry.

That's why in the workplace, big shots are allowed to get angry and show their asses, peons aren't. Or if they do, they'll get their ass shredded.

[bliss_eternal]

2. It's a way to be dismissive....

...and sadly, a socially acceptable way to do so. It serves to tell the woman that no one could possibly understand her, because her message is too emotional and worthy of dismissing. :eyes:

When I see and/or hear such terms I'm apt to dismiss the person using them. Clearly anyone using such language is too much of a sexist for me to pay attention to.