Low pitched voices are perceived as masculine and attractive but do they predict semen quality in men?

Women find masculinity in men's faces, bodies, and voices attractive, and women's preferences for men's masculine features are thought to be biological adaptations for finding a high quality mate. Fertility is an important aspect of mate quality. Here we test the phenotype-linked fert...

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Autores principales:	Leigh W Simmons, Marianne Peters, Gillian Rhodes
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:96b4997ed7644101a0a57236ea753e0a2021-11-18T07:31:41ZLow pitched voices are perceived as masculine and attractive but do they predict semen quality in men?1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0029271https://doaj.org/article/96b4997ed7644101a0a57236ea753e0a2011-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22216228/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Women find masculinity in men's faces, bodies, and voices attractive, and women's preferences for men's masculine features are thought to be biological adaptations for finding a high quality mate. Fertility is an important aspect of mate quality. Here we test the phenotype-linked fertility hypothesis, which proposes that male secondary sexual characters are positively related to semen quality, allowing females to obtain direct benefits from mate choice. Specifically, we examined women's preferences for men's voice pitch, and its relationship with men's semen quality. Consistent with previous voice research, women judged lower pitched voices as more masculine and more attractive. However men with lower pitched voices did not have better semen quality. On the contrary, men whose voices were rated as more attractive tended to have lower concentrations of sperm in their ejaculate. These data are more consistent with a trade off between sperm production and male investment in competing for and attracting females, than with the phenotype-linked fertility hypothesis.Leigh W SimmonsMarianne PetersGillian RhodesPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 6, Iss 12, p e29271 (2011)
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description	Women find masculinity in men's faces, bodies, and voices attractive, and women's preferences for men's masculine features are thought to be biological adaptations for finding a high quality mate. Fertility is an important aspect of mate quality. Here we test the phenotype-linked fertility hypothesis, which proposes that male secondary sexual characters are positively related to semen quality, allowing females to obtain direct benefits from mate choice. Specifically, we examined women's preferences for men's voice pitch, and its relationship with men's semen quality. Consistent with previous voice research, women judged lower pitched voices as more masculine and more attractive. However men with lower pitched voices did not have better semen quality. On the contrary, men whose voices were rated as more attractive tended to have lower concentrations of sperm in their ejaculate. These data are more consistent with a trade off between sperm production and male investment in competing for and attracting females, than with the phenotype-linked fertility hypothesis.
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title	Low pitched voices are perceived as masculine and attractive but do they predict semen quality in men?
title_short	Low pitched voices are perceived as masculine and attractive but do they predict semen quality in men?
title_full	Low pitched voices are perceived as masculine and attractive but do they predict semen quality in men?
title_fullStr	Low pitched voices are perceived as masculine and attractive but do they predict semen quality in men?
title_full_unstemmed	Low pitched voices are perceived as masculine and attractive but do they predict semen quality in men?
title_sort	low pitched voices are perceived as masculine and attractive but do they predict semen quality in men?
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Low pitched voices are perceived as masculine and attractive but do they predict semen quality in men?

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