DR Feinberg, LM DeBruine, BC Jones & DI Perrett. The relative role of femininity and averageness in aesthetic judgments of women's voices. Perception. 37(4) 615-623.

Although averageness is preferred in auditory stimuli (e.g. music) and non-face objects (e.g. wristwatches), exaggerated feminine characteristics are preferred to averageness in female faces. To establish whether or not men prefer femininity in female voices to average characteristics, we conducted a correlational study (study 1) to assess the relationship between voice pitch and attractiveness ratings. We found a positive linear relationship between voice pitch and attractiveness ratings. In study 2 we manipulated pitch in women