Women don’t find deeper-than-average voices more attractive when they can see the man
When people could see a man’s full body on video, digitally deepening his voice made him seem stronger and more dominant, but not more attractive to women, a study in Royal Society Open Science found.
When men speak with deeper voices, some people believe they have an advantage in attracting romantic partners and intimidating rivals. However, a recent study published in Royal Society Open Science challenges this notion. The researchers found that when women can see men on video, a deeper-than-average voice increases the perception of the man's dominance and physical prowess, but it does not make him more attractive to women.
Additionally, a deeper voice subtly leads viewers to think the man weighs slightly more than he actually does. The study's lead author, James E. Rutter, and co-author Lynda G. Boothroyd conducted two experiments pairing digitally altered voices with full-body videos. They found that the perception of a man's dominance and attractiveness was significantly influenced by his visible physique, indicating that voice pitch alone is not enough to determine these qualities.
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