100% serious question: why do nerds have such different voices from jocks?
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It's an interesting question. Without thinking too much about it, it could just as easily be a selection effect: men with more testosterone are more likely to become jocks. I don't claim that this is definitely the case, but seems plausible at least.
Yeah, I used to think testosterone explained almost the entire thing, but now I think there's also another effect where nerds breathe higher in their bodies than jocks (possibly because they exercise less, or have asthma, or something) which makes their voices higher / thinner.
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Oh, and another possibly stronger effect is tension in the chest. When my chest is properly relaxed my voice gets a *lot* more resonant. It's awesome. Strongly suspect nerds have more tense chests than jocks.
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Stereotypically squeaky-nerd-voice could be a status effect too. Higher pitch can be used to signal deference/submissiveness. Maybe a useful habit to pick up (e.g.) during school years when nerds tend to toward the bottom of the social pecking order.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170629101721.htm …
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