Barry White or Barry Gibbs

Ladies, do you ever daydream about men with certain traits? Say you prefer men who are tall. Or, what about men who are light complected? Maybe you care more for professionals over blue collar workers; for younger men rather than those your age or older; or for thin/slender-built guys.

Nightline had a story about women who prefer men with heavy voices, as opposed to those with more tenor than timbre in their tones. Their study showed that men with heavy voices had more women than those without. They even found these men had more children than their lighter voiced brothers.

When they posed the question to women mainly in England, they responded the same as their American counterparts: they, too, preferred the man with the heavy, sensual tone to his voice. Then they played a Barry White tune followed by one of the brothers Gibbs, featuring Barry Gibbs. The women readily identified Barry White and chose his song over the Gibbs'. They were asked to chose which man's voice they preferred and, you guessed it, they overwhelmingly chose Barry White's.

So, what do you say: Barry White or Barry Gibbs? Come on ladies, speak up.