Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama
A slight shift in communication can make a completely different impression. A woman can raise the pitch and draw out the syllables, and suddenly the man talking to her feels he is smarter, stronger, and more protective. We don’t know how long women have used a false voice to give the people around them a curated presentation of their personalities, but we have evidence going back as far as sound recording, and particularly movies.
An example is given from a Saturday Night Live skit a few weeks ago that spoofed the TV show The Bachelor.Most of the cast members depicting the contestants adopted a certain speaking style: monotonous, with elongated ending syllables and a lot of vocal fry, in line with the voice associated with “ditzy” girls today. But host…
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