voice pitch and gender
Sep. 6th, 2006 12:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
guslMR's post on male-female variation in voice pitch references a thesis from Pitt on sexual signaling. Cross-culturally, the Dutch seem to have the least male-female variation, unsurprisingly.
My own observation is that being relaxed lowers voice pitch (in both genders). Having recently woken up does the same, maybe partly through the former. Also, since physical intimacy is related to relaxation, both genders tend to lower their voices at these times, not just males. But it would make sense that it's more pronounced in males.
It's still unexplained why females would ever pitch their voice higher. Is it a signal of femaleness? youth?
My own observation is that being relaxed lowers voice pitch (in both genders). Having recently woken up does the same, maybe partly through the former. Also, since physical intimacy is related to relaxation, both genders tend to lower their voices at these times, not just males. But it would make sense that it's more pronounced in males.
It's still unexplained why females would ever pitch their voice higher. Is it a signal of femaleness? youth?