Studies have shown people generally find women 's voices more pleasing than men 's . Scholar : ` ` It 's much easier to find a female voice that everyone likes than a male voice '' In Germany , some BMW drivers refused to take GPS commands from a woman . He cites a study in which fetuses were found to react to the sound of their mother 's voice but not to other female voices . Tech companies generally avoid male driving voices because of pressure from the move ` ` 2001 ''
Studies have shown people generally find women 's voices more pleasing than men 's . Scholar : ` ` It 's much easier to find a female voice that everyone likes than a male voice '' In Germany , some BMW drivers refused to take GPS commands from a woman . Tech companies generally avoid male driving voices because of pressure from the move ` ` 2001 ''