would you care to explain why most GPS units default to
a female voice?
Back in the day when I was working with the aerospace industry
developing a flybywire systems, we did research showing that the
testoserone laden jet jockeys, then pilots were exclusively male, would
take direction from a female voice as they did not see a female voice
as a challange their ego. Hence the use of female voice in automated
flight warning systems saying things like "Stall Warning, Stall Warning"
or "Pull Up, Pull Up." A male voice would provoke a male to male
confrontation over who's in charge here and actually lead to increased
accidents.
John Settle
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