When I was about fourteen (currently almost forty) I started having trouble raising my voice. If I speak too loudly, the sound echoes through my head painfully. If I speak louder than that, I get sharp stabbing pains in my throat. Naturally, I brought these concerns up to the doctor. The doctor said that of course I was having trouble speaking up; women aren't supposed to speak up and as a part of puberty they lose the ability to do so. I thought about it, realized that almost all of the adult women I knew kept their voices down unless there was an emergency or highly emotional event, and figured he was right. After all, he was my doctor. He had to know what he was talking about.

NOPE. Just learned (as of last night) that this is not normal, that women do not normally lose the ability to raise their voice without pain, and I am filled with impotent rage at the fact that he said this with an active medical license!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724214&forum_id=2E#48925204)