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Surgeons stretch the vocal cords in hopes of raising their frequency to a more female-like pitch.
Unfortunately, the results are sometimes terribly unconvincing, as if the surgeons had tried to make Barry White sound like Minnie Mouse. Mordaunt explained that when a woman talks, her voice tends to range across a wider frequency band, from high to low, than do men's voices, which are usually more monotone. Speaking at varying rates. When men speak, a higher percentage of air comes from their larger chest cavities, giving their voices more of a foghorn quality. Women also tend to use characteristic gestures while speaking, Mordaunt noted.