Why do female voices sound male when the pitch is lowered, but male voices do not sound female when the pitched is heightened?

Question

Whenever I hear those songs on YouTube where they pitch shift a female singer ([example](https://youtu.be/5aWB6l5GlP8)) they tend to sound like tenors for sopranos and basses for altos. However, when the same treatment is done to male singers, they just sound higher pitched. I don’t know whether it has to do with the vocal cords themselves or software.

In: Biology

Answer 1

I mean, it doesn’t sound terribly masculine to me, just low pitched female voice. Generally men will have different overtones in their voices than women, since the vocal cords are thicker, and because a lot of men will tend to pronounce things closer to the back of their throat. In addition, a lot of female voices tend to be more sibilant with sharper consonant sounds, specifically s’s. Men can train their voice to sound closer to womens, its a arduous process and offers no payoff unless youre a transwoman, or you’re really dedicated to shocking your friends with your suspiciously skilled parlor trick.