Deep male voices and high -
pitched female voices are perceived as more attractive because listeners gauge the speaker's body size from the frequency of their voice, according to research published April 24 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Yi Xu from University College London (UK) and colleagues.
The high -
pitched female voice was seen most positively in terms of personality.
Not exact matches
Results showed that male listeners preferred
female voices with high
pitch, breathy
voice and wide formant spacing that correlated with a smaller body size, while
females preferred to hear low -
pitched male
voices with low
pitch and narrow formant spacing that suggested larger body size.
I don't know about male
voices, but my observation is that there is a definite correlation (not 100 %, of course) between the
pitch of
female voices and their physical attractiveness.
In particular, a slender / fit
female is more likely to have a medium to high
pitched voice, while a heavier
female is more likely to have a low
pitched voice.
Females typically have
voices that are higher in
pitch and have fewer overtones than men's
voices.
But if you feel like a high -
pitched female Japanese
voice is like nails - on - a-chalkboard you can disable the
voices entirely if you so wish.