I generally agree with your tack... I just want to grow out there that I&#x27;m a little concerned about our use of the word shrill. It means high pitched and piercing, and is typically used for women&#x27;s voices for obvious reasons. There&#x27;s nothing actually bad about being shrill... That just means you are a woman (high pitched) whose message is getting through (piercing). There&#x27;s no similar word for men who are being heard and the listener is uncomfortable with it, that I know of.<p>It&#x27;s often used as code for &quot;a woman is speaking, plz ignore&quot; the same way bitch is.<p>I would just politely suggest you use a more descriptive word for what you were alluding to.