'Sexy' Voice Gives Fertile Women Away

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 5-1-2008 | Colin Barras

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'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.

[DannyTN]

Fine, but what I want to know is which women want sex the most all month long.

[MarineBrat]

Even more influential than the menstrual cycle on a woman's attitute towards sex is the "beer cycle."

Posted to cure some of the shrinkage caused upthread! You're welcome! :)

[Hatteras]

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[ReagansShinyHair]

Wow, for a second I thought that was some kind of parody of Estrich’s real book cover, making her much uglier. Then I realized it was the real cover. Who told her that she could pull that off?

[Freedom_Fighter_2001]

That’s a man, baby!

[kbennkc]

I thought that was some kind of parody of Estrich’s real book

You just sent me to Amazon . Now I must go and wash my eyes out with gasoline .

[meandog]

Wow, for a second I thought that was some kind of parody of Estrich’s real book cover, making her much uglier. Then I realized it was the real cover. Who told her that she could pull that off?

Susan ugly? Please! I don't much care for her politics but, ohhh, that face and body to go along with one of the most alluring, smoky vocal cords I've every heard. If the scientific report is correct about sexy voices and fertility Susan is the equivalent to the ancient crescent of Mesopotamia!