{
  "id": 18323284,
  "title": "Women don’t find deeper-than-average voices more attractive when they can see the man",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/women-dont-find-deeper-than-average-voices-more-attractive-when-they",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-05T15:00:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PsyPost",
    "slug": "psypost",
    "url": "https://www.psypost.org/women-dont-find-deeper-than-average-voices-more-attractive-when-they-can-see-the-man/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [
    "Deeper-than-average voices increase men's perceived dominance and physical prowess.",
    "Deeper voices make viewers think men weigh slightly more.",
    "Women find less attractive men with deeper voices when they can see them."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}