Why ladies fancy Tom Hardy and fellas go for Liz Hurley: Women are turned on by men who MUMBLE because it's macho... while the opposite sex prefer the femininity of precise pronunciation, study finds
Why ladies fancy Tom Hardy and fellas go for Liz Hurley: Women are turned on by men who MUMBLE because it's macho... while the opposite sex prefer the femininity of precise pronunciation, study finds
- August 31, 2021
- Daniel Stehr, '20 cog sci Ph.D., Daily Mail, Aug. 31, 2021
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Attractiveness in speech patterns appears to be a form of what's known as 'sexual dimorphism' – a strong difference in any characteristic between the two sexes other than the sexual organs. 'From a sexual selection standpoint, males with traits that are slightly more masculine than average are typically preferred,' said study author Dr Daniel Stehr, [graduate student] at the University of California, Irvine. 'In this context it would make males with less clear speech more attractive.'
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