A new study found that when looking for a partner, women believe that the lower a guy’s voice, the more likely he is to cheat. On the flip side, men think that women with higher voices are more likely to cheat.
For the study, which was published in Evolutionary Psychology, participants were asked to listen to two recordings of a male voice and a female voice. The recorded voices were manipulated to be higher and lower in pitch. Afterwards, each person was asked which voice was more likely to cheat.
“In terms of sexual strategy, we found that men and women will use voice pitch as a warning sign of future betrayal. So the more attractive the voice—a higher pitch for women and lower pitch for men—the more likely the chances he or she will cheat,” says Jillian O’Connor, lead author of the study at McMaster University.
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