Does a female #VoiceFirst asst. evoke subservience or authority? @BrianRoemmele shares his thoughts on this & more w/ @emilybinder. Do you agree w/ him?
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Replying to @AndyB_Knowles @emilybinder and
Andy, thank you! I really appreciate it. You know the subject of the voice of authority is not my opinion but the work product of studies that included brain scans of subjects. I am sure no one will debate that the first voice you hear is the voice of your mom in the womb.
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Replying to @BrianRoemmele @emilybinder and
On the last, quite true. But after children exit the womb, how is their perception modified by the roles they see women playing or portrayed?
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Replying to @AndyB_Knowles @emilybinder and
Andy, Thanks for asking. The baby within a few hours can echo locate mom’s voice in a room of 60 other women’s voices. This is hardwiring—for survival. I think the evidence is clear this does not go away. We do however overlay our cultural baggage on this subject.
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Replying to @BrianRoemmele @AndyB_Knowles and
Andy, I would be remise if I did not also add this: The first voice of comfort, of guidance, of education, of authority is the female voice of our mom. We, all of us, are hard wired for this. We would not be here if this was not true.
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Replying to @BrianRoemmele @AndyB_Knowles and
Andy, Finally I think it is fascinating just how much male and female brains light up in the pre-frontal cortex when a female voice is heard. First processed as pitch associations then the entire brain jumps into decode far more detail of a female voice. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51795765_Discriminating_Male_and_Female_Voices_Differentiating_Pitch_and_Gender …pic.twitter.com/LtjhbnmuEV
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Replying to @BrianRoemmele @emilybinder and
Well, I definitely know where you live on the nature v. nurture line! But if there was no modification of perception as a result of living in this world, we wouldn't also be discussing gender bias in sr. mgmt., pay, etc.
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Replying to @AndyB_Knowles @emilybinder and
Andy, we have accumulated many cultural aspects that try to overrule our hardwired survival systems. For 99% of human history it was not the case. There ultimately was a balance, but the industrial revolution unbalanced things. Not really nature/nurture—but the concept of money.
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Replying to @BrianRoemmele @emilybinder and
Indeed! So then we circle back to the original question - today do people perceive female
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Andy, I hear ya. But the question can itself be perceived also. This makes it a photocopy of the reality. Scientifically we established the female voice to the highest authority—this is hardwired. There are real reasons for this and I hope it extends to all aspects of society.
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