Thanks to MeToo, women are making themselves heard and freeing their voices, but are their voices being carried and are we really listening to them? A question explored by lyricist Aline Jalliet in her invigorating essay: Your own voice.
Emotional airport or telephone waiting sound; the obedient voice of your chatbot; The sexy voice of a famous actress or… the rumble of your unbearable neighbor on the train? what if the female voice carried the entire gallery of gender stereotypes within it? Better. what if women’s voices were sexism’s blind spot? This is the thesis of Aline Jaliet’s fascinating feminist essay. Voice your own *. A former opera singer and singing teacher, she became a voice coach. She supports actresses, politicians and decision makers to help them “find their voice”. In her book, she invites us to “question our auditory stereotypes and deconstruct this internalized voice of women that censors itself, judges itself, loses itself, sabotages itself, hides or silences itself.” At a time when women’s voices are being reawakened thanks to MeToo, the question of their voice takes on powerful political significance.
Unheard of
First let’s quote Aristotle…
Source: Le Figaro
