Are Women’s Voices Changing?

Are women speakers finally opening up and using their full, natural, body voice to sound more grounded, authentic and powerful? Are you? In my coaching, I often find that speakers attempting to do this as a choice without voice training may be using way too much stress for poor results, perhaps dropping into the dreaded vocal fry, straining, limiting their expressiveness, or using tones that can seem off-putting to listeners.
This Article offers intriguing findings from some recent studies. How do you feel about this? Are you free to play your voice instrument at work and in life?