Perceptions of infidelity risk predict women’s preferences for low male voice pitch in short-term over long-term relationship contexts

Women typically rate lower-pitched men’s voices as more attractive than they rate higher-pitched men’s voices, yet women also perceive men with lower-pitched voices as relatively less likely to be sexually faithful. This disparity between women’s preferences for voice pitch and perceptions of fidelity may be due to the differences in the characteristics women desire in long-term versus short-term mates. Male fidelity is likely an important …