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#315215 - 05/01/08 01:14 PM
'Sexy' voice gives fertile women away
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OldFolks
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Not sure where to put this, but thought it was interesting and should be posted somewhere here. Also, interesting is the link about lap dancers getting better tips during the period of highest fertility. The link to that article is at the bottom of this one.
'Sexy' voice gives fertile women away
01 May 2008
From New Scientist Print Edition.
Colin Barras
A woman's voice becomes more attractive when she is most fertile. That's according to Nathan Pipitone and Gordon Gallup of the State University of New York at Albany.
The pair recorded women counting from 1 to 10 at four occasions during their menstrual cycle. They then replayed the recordings at random to male and female students and asked them to rate the attractiveness of the voices. Both males and females judged the women's voices to be most attractive if they were recorded during the peak fertility period of the menstrual cycle, and less attractive if they were recorded during non-fertile periods (Evolution and Human Behavior, DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2008.02.001).
The results are in line with evidence that the female voice box, or larynx, is under the influence of sex hormones, says Gallup. He says the changes in the female voice during peak fertility support the view that women are "different" at that point in the menstrual cycle - in other words, that they experience oestrus.
“Changes in the attractiveness of a woman's voice during peak fertility support the view that women experience oestrus”
The theory of human oestrus remains controversial because its effects are subtle; human females show none of the distinct genital swellings seen in other female mammals "in heat". But there is increasing evidence of more subtle changes. "Other differences include changes in sexual receptivity and odour sensitivity," Gallup says.
Martie Haselton and Greg Bryant at the University of California, Los Angeles, say that vocal pitch plays an important role in judging fertility. "We have found that voices are higher in pitch on high-fertility days of the cycle," says Haselton.
The fact that men notice the differences in vocal attractiveness suggests that there is a subtle evolutionary battle of the sexes going on, says Gallup: as women evolve ever more efficient ways to conceal fertility - to avoid unwanted attention - men become increasingly sensitive to the tiny changes that do occur. Other women also pick up on the changes, perhaps to keep an eye on the competition, he suggests.
Geoffrey Miller at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, showed last year that women lap dancers earn more tips during their fertile days. "The voice changes might explain some of the shift in lap dancer tip earnings," he says. "Dancers certainly chat with their customers." But Miller points out that there is also evidence that visual attractiveness changes during the menstrual cycle. "Voice quality is unlikely to be the whole story," he says.
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#315216 - 05/01/08 01:35 PM
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that explains why my girlfriend sounds so hot during the time of before her rag, and immediately after (like 4 days before, and 2 days after)
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#315218 - 05/01/08 01:43 PM
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That may be so but the womans fertile perdiod is generally 2 weeks before menstruation or 2 weeks after the start of menstruation.
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#315222 - 05/01/08 02:34 PM
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i know that, but she is different... she only gets cramps the first day of her menstruation, and then she bleeds really heavy for 3 days after, but during those three days, shes like a cat during its fertile state, literally rubbing against anything she can... she does that for a few days before her rag, and a few after...
her body is extremely wierd, so it doesnt surprise me...
but yea... its her not me, i frankly dont care, i like making fun of her, and teasing her during this time, so im cool wit it :-)
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#315231 - 05/01/08 05:05 PM
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"Dancers certainly chat with their customers."
haha someones had experience in that department 
but very interesting otherwise
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#315291 - 05/02/08 01:45 PM
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Pretty interesting. We've talked about the stripper thing in my Mind, Brain, Evolution class. That's supposedly a big factor that makes evolutionary psychologists believe that humans do respond to pheromones even though we lack the organ in our nose (that most animals have) that senses them.
I kinda think the reasoning behind the sexy voice thing would have to do with how the woman is mentally/physically feeling at that time of the month, since women tend to be at their horniest when ovulating. So I would think that they could be unconsciously acting in a seductive way.
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#315379 - 05/02/08 08:03 PM
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Some women are horniest when ovulating, but others are like Grown's girlfriend and horniest around their period. It's odd.
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