Embodied history of being desired audibly shapes a woman’s voice.

Evidence

It is harder for a female to imitate a man’s voice than the reverse. A man can raise the pitch of his vocal fold oscillations into the female range, but a female may have a lower limit that is above that needed to imitate a male. Both sexes have the challenge of adjusting the formants. — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 1718 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Female voices are harder to lower than male voices are to raise — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 1718; To call woman mysterious means her language goes unheard, not that she is silent. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 661; The ‘authentic’ traditional woman’s voice itself may internalize patriarchy — Donna Landry and Gerald MacLean, The Spivak Reader: Selected Works of…, 1518 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Female voices are harder to lower than male voices are to raise #expands (0.72) — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 1718