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Jane lynch has received heavy criticism for saying women’s voices can be too high pitched and annoying. She suggested that they do something about it.
Her tweet was met with outrage and jokes online.
The whole thing started when she spoke about women’s voices. She claimed they can get “too high” and recommended women lower them.
Especially if they’re speaking on a podcast.
\u201cI love women. I AM a woman. Our voices are higher than men\u2019s voices. Women's voices can get into the annoying area if it gets too high. If you\u2019re doing a podcast, consider lowering your pitch a tad. If you think I\u2019m being sexist about this then I don\u2019t know what to do with you.\u201d— Jane Lynch (@Jane Lynch) 1658776765
\u201c\u201c\u2026to adjust a person\u2019s voice to a more pleasing frequency.\u201d Thanks, @DJJoeG!\u201d— Jane Lynch (@Jane Lynch) 1658788973
Lynch claimed that it’s only natural, since women’s voices are higher than men’s. She also claimed that she wasn’t being sexist about it.
Some agreed, with one even recommending a program to “adjust a person’s voice to a more pleasing frequency.”
However, most took it as the insult it was. It’s hard for someone to generalize so many and not see it as an insult.
A collective “WTF” was uttered across the internet.
\u201c@angel_0f_deathx @janemarielynch Just Jane exploring the annoying area here\u201d— Jane Lynch (@Jane Lynch) 1658776765
\u201cI get called Sir like twice a week because of my voice so I don\u2019t really agree with this. Also your voice is yours, high or low. Don\u2019t change for anyone, especially Jane Lynch.\u201d— Rebekah Weatherspoon\u2728 (@Rebekah Weatherspoon\u2728) 1658862587
\u201cFYI: after the main Frustrating Jane Lynch Tweet About Women's Voices, she posted this one. Might be worse!\n\nCan you imagine booking a guest, using their time, benefiting from their ideas and personality and perspective...and then Studio Magic Elizabeth Holmes-ing them????\ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\u201d— Alex Schmidt \ud83e\uddac (@Alex Schmidt \ud83e\uddac) 1658866767
\u201c@janemarielynch If women were the ones with naturally deep voices, the world would find naturally deep voices \u201cannoying.\u201d It\u2019s not the pitch, or the vocal fry, or the upswing. It\u2019s the fact that a woman is speaking.\u201d— Jane Lynch (@Jane Lynch) 1658776765
\u201c@DJJoeG To whose ear?\u201d— Jane Lynch (@Jane Lynch) 1658776765
Lynch’s comments come at a time when sexism in podcasting is being heavily examined. Despite women making up an equal amount of listeners to men, they represent so much less in what is being listened to.
According to TheWrap, only 21% of the top-charting podcasts have a female host. They are significantly less represented in a space that many women want to participate in.
Instead, they’re being told they need to change to become as homogenous as the rest of the space.
This makes Lynch’s suggestion a joke to most commenters.
\u201cjane lynch listening to a podcast and deciding that enough was enough\u201d— Al Shipley (@Al Shipley) 1658860546
\u201cjane lynch when she hears a woman\u2019s voice on a podcast :\u201d— Skyler Higley (@Skyler Higley) 1658875949
\u201c@janemarielynch what could go wrong??\u201d— Jane Lynch (@Jane Lynch) 1658776765
\u201cjane lynch listening to a woman speak\u201d— \u2764\ufe0f\u200d\ud83d\udd25 (@\u2764\ufe0f\u200d\ud83d\udd25) 1658867633
\u201c@AlexSchmidty I am going to speak \u1da6\u207f \u1d43\u207f \u1d49\u1d5b\u1d49\u207f \u02b0\u1da6\u1d4d\u02b0\u1d49\u02b3 \u1d56\u1da6\u1d57\u1d9c\u02b0 \u1d43\u02e2 \u02b3\u1d49\u1d5b\u1d49\u207f\u1d4d\u1d49\u201d— Alex Schmidt \ud83e\uddac (@Alex Schmidt \ud83e\uddac) 1658866767
\u201cdid Jane Lynch just tell all cis women podcasters to transition\u201d— jes tom \ud83c\udf52 LESS LONELY in LA (@jes tom \ud83c\udf52 LESS LONELY in LA) 1658940965
\u201c@nikostratis @janemarielynch been waitin for this one, turn it up!\u201d— Jane Lynch (@Jane Lynch) 1658776765
\u201c@koeselitz @janemarielynch only correct reply in this thread\u201d— Jane Lynch (@Jane Lynch) 1658776765
Despite the reaction from the tweet, Lynch hasn’t apologized or taken it down. She did, however, clarify that her suggestion for vocal training extends to Ben Shapiro as well.
So there’s that.