Real men have more kids
Ah, this could be the real reason Western Civilization is in the throes of an underpopulation crisis. Feminists and homosexuals have succeeded in emasculated men to the point their voices have raised an octave.
From BBC News, September 25:
Deep-voiced men ‘have more kids’
Men with deep voices tend to have more children than those who speak at a higher pitch, scientists say.
Their finding is based on a group of hunter-gatherers in Tanzania known as the Hadza, who can be studied without bias because they use no birth control….
Males who hit lower notes as they talked had about two more children on average than squeaky speakers.
It fits with observations that women find masculine voices more attractive, the team reports in Biology Letters.
“There are a lot of reasons why lower pitch and reproductive success could be linked,” said Coren Apicella, from the Department of Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, US.
Deep tones are suggestive of increased testosterone levels, which could lead females to perceive such men as better hunters and therefore better providers, she told the BBC.
“Or it could be that men with deeper voices simply start reproducing earlier. We really don’t know what is behind this yet.”
[HT: Fran at IL Review]



Uh, okay.
Hey guys, it’s my birthday! Wanna party again?
OH Heather,
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY
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BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday Heather! …you don’t have tell of course, but I never knew, are you closer to my age 40, or close to Rae or PIPs age ~20.
Gee, I found the same article with a much better caption:
Women prefer men with lower voices for short-term sexual flings
Front page / Science / Technologies and discoveries
A new study finds that the lower the pitch of a man’s voice, the more physically dominant other men think he is. And men lower their voice pitch when addressing a man they believe to be less dominant than themselves, but raise it when speaking to someone they think is more dominant.
The findings, detailed in the July issue of the journal of Evolution and Human Behavior, could help explain why vocal pitch in men and women are so different.
Vocal pitch, determined by the main frequencies in a voice, is about half as high in men as in women. This difference has traditionally been explained as a product of sexual selection, in which women favored men with lower-pitched voices.
One reason women might prefer men who speak in low voices is that vocal pitch is partly related to physical size. Taller men tend to have lower voices because they have longer vocal tracts and vocal folds, the main determinants of pitch.
Vocal anatomy is also thought to signal a man’s level of testosterone, a hormone linked to physical aggressiveness and prowess.
Studies have shown that women favor men with low, masculine voices during periods in their menstrual cycle when they’re likely to get pregnant, and also that they prefer men with lower voices for short-term sexual flings.
Older than Rae and Pip. younger than you.
Is that up there with the shoe size thing? LOL!
Thank you all for the B/day wishes!
Happy birthday, Heather!!!
On the subject of fathers… some of you may appreciate this:
http://elizabeth-kathryn-gerold-miller.blogspot.com/2007/09/fathers-rights-then-and-now.html
Thank you , Leah!
Feminists and homosexuals have succeeded in emasculated men
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Funny.
All the guys I consider “beat down” are finacial slaves to a wife and kiddies, and their idea of partying is pretty much the Methodist ice-cream social.
All the testosteroids I know are married to Sherriff’s deputies and emergency personnel or ARE gay. (I come from the land of hot, juicy, buff gay dudes. Gay rodeo tends to attract some SERIOUS beefcake…)
Partying makes you a man, going to church with your wife doesn’t?
???
I guess I married a Man-Wannabe. Although he does have a deep voice and lots of children.
I have an idea, let`s move beyond stereotypes.
There are plenty of very attractive men who have five or even ten kids and there are plenty of fat gay couch potatoes. and vice versa
And there are beautiful fit teens who dress modestly, and very out of shape homely ones who dress hoochie. and vice versa
I don
Milehimama, that poem was very poignant.
Laura, you’ve got issues with men.
Happy birthday Heather! :)
As for the post: Who cares?
*stares* Laura, I want to come move in with you. I need more hot gay pretty men in my life.
Heather, just because someone really enjoys spending time with gay guys doesn’t mean they have a problem with men. Happy birthday anyway, though!!
Also, I figure this is a testosterone thing too.
Erin, I have plenty of gay and lesbian pals. I don’t have anything against them.
Erin and Rae thanks for the b/day wishes.
Erin, I almost forgot. I hope you are feeling better.
OOps, one more point to make. So what if gay guys are good looking. They don’t want us! LOL!
Well, here’s one non-deepened voiced ex-gay who wants 20 children! :P
“OOps, one more point to make. So what if gay guys are good looking. They don’t want us! LOL!”
@Heather: That’s not the point. It’s still nice to have a pretty thing to look at. :) I do the same to straight guys, I’ll never ask them out (feeearrr) but I’ll gawk at them all day. ^_^
Happy Birthday Heather!
Heather:

thanks guys!
Happy birthday Heather!
I find that the guys I’m most attracted to are the nerdy and handsome ones! And some of them are gay!
Stephen Colbert, David Hyde Peirce, Alan Rickman, Colin Firth, Dan Futterman, Steve Carrell, Jon Stewart, Ewan McGregor, Beck Hansen, young Paul Simon, Justin Kirk, Paul Dinello…
I sort of have a girl-crush on Amy Sedaris too
Nathan,
Well, here’s one non-deepened voiced ex-gay who wants 20 children! :P
You’re still young…maybe your voice just hasn’t “changed” yet!
PIP,
I sort of have a girl-crush on Amy Sedaris too
I bet she has a deep voice…
“Stephen Colbert, David Hyde Peirce, Alan Rickman, Colin Firth, Dan Futterman, Steve Carrell, Jon Stewart, Ewan McGregor, Beck Hansen, young Paul Simon, Justin Kirk, Paul Dinello…”
what a swell group of fellows…..
MK-
it come and goes! ahaha no she has a normal one.
Jasper–
Thanks, I’m fond of them.
OMG, when I saw Alan Rickman performing Threepenny Opera in the Tonys three years ago, I almost wet myself. He is SO fine.
Heather, happy birthday!
Erin, Alan Rickman does rock.
Denzel Washington has a nice booty.
Doug
Alan Rickman is awesome. He made me a Snape fan.
I’m also a bit of an Anglo-file.
:-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHDumgLVR6c&mode=related&search=
Yeah, pretty much anything I see Rickman in makes me melt. I am so jealous, to see him perform! OMG
Also, he is a big supporter of Amnesty! Bonus points.
pip, yep. For me, it’s nerds and musicians.
oops, that was me.
Ooooh! Alan Rickman! He is sooooooo flippin’ amazing! He (and Hugh Laurie) are the reasons I watched “Sense and Sensibility”. Alan Rickman made me cry during a chick-flick! I am so ashamed. :-p
@PiP: That is a swell group of fellows. I’m partial to Colbert, Steve Carrell, Hugh Laurie, Ewan McGregor, Alexander Siddig, Morgan Freeman, George Clooney, David Duchovny, Alan Rickman, Eddie Izzard and Darren Hayes myself. :)