A Womans Voice
is my voice high
is my voice annoying because it’s higher
women are lowering their voices to be
taken more seriously and be better
respected
this is wrong and i’m here to tell you
why it’s happening the research behind
why it’s happening
and why it needs to stop let me go into
more depth as to why they
are women particularly women in male
dominated and public fields
are lowering their voices essentially to
blend to have one less thing about them
ridiculed
also because when women talk about
important topics their opinions aren’t
always taken as seriously
because of the history behind what women
are supposed to do with their life
it’s a mental thing something you could
be doing subconsciously and not
even know it but it’s there
let me use a few women you know as
examples margaret thatcher and the queen
of england
they have lowered their voices over the
years and now it’s not clear they did
this on purpose
or if they did it subconsciously but the
fact still remains that they did
actually this isn’t just in their heads
in the 2012 election for the house of
representatives
the university of miami found that
candidates both men and women with lower
voices
had a better chance of being elected not
only that
but they also had people rape past
presidents of the us and they found that
people generally said
that those with lower voices were shown
as having greater integrity and prowess
so now you know it affects your
popularity but does it affect your
ability to do your job if you work in
politics
the quick answer is no it’s a complex
answer though so i’ll make it short
if you have an annoying high voice
you’re most likely not going to make it
past the election
but let’s say by some miracle you may
get passed
it won’t affect your ability to do your
job sure
some people will say ah that voice is
annoying but if you have something
important to say they will listen
now voices are an interesting thing and
when i say lowering their voices by that
i mean knowing their pitch
women’s voices are generally a full
octave higher than men’s
they have lower over 28 hertz of the
last 50 years
a hertz is a measure of frequency if you
were wondering that’s crazy
in conclusion a woman shouldn’t have to
lower her voice just to be heard
history’s shown that women feel the need
to which they shouldn’t
all women should feel comfortable with
their voices and we need to focus
more on a woman’s words not her voice
thank you
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