Women who try to indicate interest in a men, start acting more submissive and talk higher-pitched

How women indicate interest | Sofiastry

Women who preferred men with more feminine facial features spoke in a higher pitched voice to these men (as compared to the voices used when addressing men with more masculinized facial features). Similarly, women who preferred men with more masculine facial features spoke in a higher pitched voice to these men (as compared to the voices used when addressing men with more feminized facial features). The bottom line is that voice pitch serves as a sexual signal, and not surprisingly it is differentially modulated depending on whether the male target is to a woman’s liking. (Source.)

I find it funny as I’m guilty of this behaviour half-consciously; I know I’m speaking in a higher than usual pitch, but I didn’t trigger it intentionally. Alternatively, and what the study didn’t address, is that in a serious situation or towards a man I don’t want to appeal to or just when I want to be taken seriously, I de-sexualize myself, and thus have a deeper and more assertive pitch.

Other behavioural cues that indicate interest also indicate submission (for women): superfluous laughter, cocking her head towards on one side, touching her hair more often (in a self-conscious manner as well) and more deferential wording.

Women’s Voice Pitch Changes Depending on Their Attraction To a Man | Psychology Today

Forty-five women were asked to leave the following message subsequent to seeing either a masculinized or feminized face of a man: “Hi, we met at the bar last night. I was just calling you to see if you wanted to go out sometime. Call me back.” The researchers also conducted a separate task to gauge the participants’ preference for men’s faces on the masculinized-feminized continuum. The objective here was to show that a woman’s attraction to a particular face (irrespective of whether it is more masculine or feminine) drives the modulation of her voice pitch.

Using an acoustic tool to analyze changes in voice pitch, the researchers found support for their hypothesis. Women who preferred men with more feminine facial features spoke in a higher pitched voice to these men (as compared to the voices used when addressing men with more masculinized facial features). Similarly, women who preferred men with more masculine facial features spoke in a higher pitched voice to these men (as compared to the voices used when addressing men with more feminized facial features). The bottom line is that voice pitch serves as a sexual signal, and not surprisingly it is differentially modulated depending on whether the male target is to a woman’s liking.

If a woman speaks to you in the extraordinarily rare whistle register (as per Minnie Riperton’s Loving You , or as most recently associated with Mariah Carey), she is utterly in love with you!