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Menstruation and the female voices

From: Ari Daniel Shapiro
Length: 00:04:17

Female voices may convey more than thoughts and emotion; they may also reveal when a woman is ovulating. A recent German study finds that a woman’s voice deepens in pitch at the time she’s most fertile. Read the full description.
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Broadcast History

Aired on The World, 9 December 2008

Transcript

Host intro: The human voice can express many things. It can convey information and emotion… it can make music… and if you believe the results of recent studies in Germany and the United States, a woman’s voice can signal – well – we’ll let reporter Ari Daniel Shapiro explain the rest.

Ari: In a lot of animals, females make it abundantly clear when they’re ovulating – that is, when they can get pregnant. Female cats go into heat. Female baboons produce special calls. So do right whales.

But in humans the signs aren’t as obvious.

: Ovulation in women is generally considered to be concealed.

Ari: It was thought to be concealed – that is, unnoticeable – says Julia Fischer.

She’s a researcher at the German Primate Center at Göttingen University.

But Fischer and a group of international co...
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Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length
Falling in Love Again Marlene Dietrich 00:00
I Wanna Be Loved by You Marilyn Monroe 00:00

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