There was a version of vocal fry I heard (before I learned that term) that I would have called 'throaty', associated with femmes fatales trying to sound both sexy and seductive.

There is also the version that I would have simply called 'raspy' and either inadvertent, a result of dryness, smoking, what-have-you. This can be either femaie or male.

There is a particular type of rasp that goes directly to my nerves and feels like a physical knock. Not the same in frequency as fingernails on a chalkboard, but definitely an assault on the neurons. If I had an instructor who talked that way I would change course.