# Women with little girl voices

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 14, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-with-little-girl-voices/966182 "2022-06-14T20:06:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-with-little-girl-voices/966182/38 "2022-06-15T13:35:21Z")

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An old thread on point:

> [@Why Do Some Adult Women Have 'Little-Girl' Voices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-adult-women-have-little-girl-voices/202397):
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> Why do some adult women have voices that make them sound as if they were six years old? I recently called a local business here, and the person who picked up the phone sounded this way. I almost asked her ‘Could you please hand the phone over to your mommy or daddy?’. But she seemed too knowledgeable to be six years old, so I continued the conversation, even though I felt like I was talking to Cindy Brady. When I visited this place, I met this woman and she appeared to be in her fifties. I ne…

And another _almost_ on point:

> [@Do girls' voices change at puberty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-girls-voices-change-at-puberty/585958):
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> I sent my GF [this video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMrCW07XBS8&feature=feedlik) of an 11 year-old singing “Rolling in the Deep”. The girl does an astoundingly good job of covering the song ([this is the original](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEDA3JcQqw&feature=artist)). Talking about it I mentioned that I hope this girl maintains her ability once she hits puberty. My GF said it was guys whose voices change (to much comedic effect) at puberty but not girls. I had never really thought about that. As mentioned guys’ voices changing at puberty is well known and [used for much comedy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gIomqhAnCA). I just kind of assumed…

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