Comment by belorn

There are languages, ie cultures, where iphones default to male. Since it is not random, the assumption must be that market studies and tests has shown a male voice being favored in those countries vs a female voice in other countries. It more than proves that a male voice can be used as default.

The discussion of which gender the voice assistant defaults to can basically be distilled down that people rating the experience of using the female version higher or lower than the male version in specific cultures. The question is why people of some cultures are biased towards a female voice, while other countries are biased towards a male voice.