Comment by lacy_tinpot
8 months ago
I think this is a very lazy kind of cultural analysis. The reason female voices are being chosen over male ones is a little more multifaceted than just SEX. Heterosexual women also tend to prefer female voices over male ones.
Female voices are often rated as being clearer, easier to understand, "warmer", etc.
Why this is the case is still an open question, but it's definitely more complex than just SEX.
I don't think that this is the only factor, I just suspect that it is _a_ factor.
>There's not typically quite as much interest in doing the same for women.
Women also prefer female voices.
Okay. I'd happily believe that, it doesn't contradict what I said.
The quote you have from me is from this context:
> There's a lot of money and effort spent in satisfying the sexual desires of (predominantly straight) men. There's not typically quite as much interest in doing the same for women.
In that context, your response is impossible to respond to. Do you even disagree with what I said or do you (like me) just think that there are other factors in addition?
Any particular reason you're being kind of a dick btw?
That you consider it sex (rather than gender), is exactly why there’s a preference for female coded voices. Consider where we do hear male recorded voices used as default.
Overloaded term. It was a reference to the parent's reference.
> satisfying the sexual desires of
So, "sex" as a reference to "sexual desires". In English, it just so happens that "sex" has other meanings, but those weren't in play at the time.
How the hell would you determine someone's self assigned social gender based on there voice which is a result of there physical sex.
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