One of those inequalities in life. Many woman have this problem as public speakers. Its why women do not succeed on radio as easily as men. It can be overcome to some degree and the poster was only relating what many of us have noticed. If she simply kept her voice at a normal level when she is making an important point rather than go up in pitch, that would help. What is most unfortunate about having a high pitched voice is the average person with a hearing loss cannot hear it. Very common for a wife with a husband who has a loss to say “He hears his friends OK but not me”. She thinks he is ignoring her but he isn’t. He can’t hear her. He can hear a man’s voice.
She isn’t reaching the audience she could.
I have had a negative reaction to her voice from the beginning. She reminds me of my 4th grade teacher, who was also very nice and very beautiful and everyone loved her. But the voice is nearly unbearable to listen to.
I have some hearing problems and hear best in the middle range, so that may be part of it. I am also Midwestern and while Sarah is, too, as far as accent, I find her accent detracts from the seriousness of her message.
While the men may scream at this, I also think she needs a more business-like hair style. Seeing her lately, I think she has aged beyond the very long hair stage and the hair draws attention to that fact. Something shoulder length would be an improvement, IMO.