Vocal Timbre as of a Smoking, Bucking, Malfunctioning Piece of Lumberjack Equipment

Okay here's where I'm going to sound fogeyish and curmudgeonly and all those things I hate. But. WHYYYYY do young women today all seem to employ that timbre* when they are talking that is akin to a chainsaw stuck in a tree knot? You know the one that stabs straight into the CENTER of your brain and STAYS THERE FOR HOURS? Dear sweet Apollo, is it just ME?

*timbre/ timberrrr! pun completely unintentional and really quite regrettable. The Mammoth abhors puns, except when they are really, REALLY clever. Yours aren't, so don't try.