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Title: Female Voice-Related Sexual Attractiveness to Males: Does it Vary With Different Degrees of Conception Likelihood?
Authors: Lã, Filipa M.B. 
Polo, Nuria
Granqvist, Svante 
Cova, Tânia
Pais, Alberto C.
Keywords: Female voices; Sexual attractiveness; Menstrual cycle–; Oral contraceptive pill; Sex steroid hormones; Fundamental frequency
Issue Date: 4-Mar-2021
Publisher: Elsevier
Project: SFRH/BD/4681/2001 
2018-T1/HUM-12172 
Banco Santander [Beca de Movilidad de Profesorado, 2015] 
Fundación Carolina Endesa [Beca de Movilidad de Profesorado, 2018] 
metadata.degois.publication.title: Journal of Voice
metadata.degois.publication.volume: In Press
Abstract: Previous investigations have found that female voice-related attractiveness to males increases when both conception likelihood (CL) and voice fundamental frequency (fo) are elevated. To test this hypothesis, we conducted a perceptual experiment where 78 heterosexual males rated sexual attractiveness of 9 female voice samples, recorded at menstrual, follicular and luteal phases of the menstrual cycle under two double-blinded randomly allocated conditions: a natural menstrual cycle (placebo condition) and when using an oral contraceptive pill (OCP condition). The voice samples yielded a total of 54 stimuli that were visually sorted and rated using Visor software. Concentrations of estrogens, progesterone and testosterone were analyzed, and measurements of speaking fundamental frequency (sfo) and its standard deviation (sfoSD), fo derivative (dfo) and fo slope were made. A multilevel ordinal logistic regression model nested in listeners and in females, and adjusted by phase and condition, was carried out to assess the association between ratings and: (1) phases and conditions; (2) sex steroid hormonal concentrations; and (3) voice parameters. A high probability of obtaining high ratings of voice sexual attractiveness was found for: (1) menstrual phase of placebo use and follicular phase of OCP use; (2) for low estradiol to progesterone ratio and testosterone concentrations; and (3) for low dfo. The latter showed a moderate statistical association with ratings of high attractiveness, as compared with the small association found for the remaining variables. It seems that the voice is a weak cue for female CL. Female sexual attraction to males may be a consequence of what females do in order to regulate their extended sexuality across the menstrual cycle rather than of estrus cues, the use of paralinguistic speech patterns being an example.
Description: In Press, Corrected Proof
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10316/100173
ISSN: 0892-1997
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2021.02.006
Rights: openAccess
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